Information on high profile Jews who have been convicted on allegedly fabricated charges and imprisoned in order to silence their political opinion [SUN14018]

Documentation indicates that criminal law was used in the Soviet Union to suppress dissident political opinions and, further, that it was common for people who expressed politically dissident views to be convicted on fabricated charges (Amnesty International 1980, 56-57; Country Reports 1986 1987, 1057; Feldbridge 1985, 28; Lubarsky 1985, 38-39; Stone 1985, 172). Jews were reportedly among the convicted prisoners of conscience (Amnesty International 1980, 56-60; Country Reports 1986 1987, 1057; Lubarsky 1985, 41; Stone 1985, 172). Please find attached excerpts from the documentation on this topic.

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References


Amnesty International. 1980. Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR: Their Treatment and Conditions. (AI Index: EUR 46/04/80). London: Amnesty International Publications.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986. 1987. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Feldbridge, Ferdinand. 1985. "Repression Through Criminal Law in the USSR" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn, ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Lubarsky, Cronid. 1985. "Changes in the Categories of Soviet Political Prisoners" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn. ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Stone, Harold. 1985. "The Jewish Problem in the USSR" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn, ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Attachments

Amnesty International. 1980. Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR: Their Treatment and Conditions. (AI Index: EUR 46/04/80). London: Amnesty International Publications, pp. 56-60.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986. 1987. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. 1057.

Feldbridge, Ferdinand. 1985. "Repression Through Criminal Law in the USSR" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn, ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., pp. 28-29.

Lubarsky, Cronid. 1985. "Changes in the Categories of Soviet Political Prisoners" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn, ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., pp. 36-41.

Stone, Harold. 1985. "The Jewish Problem in the USSR" in The Fifth International Sakharov Hearing Proceedings. Allan Wynn, ed. London: Andre Deutsch Ltd., p. 172.