Camp for post-Stalin political prisoners (Also see the entry for neighbouring Perm-36 on Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag.) The fate of many of those imprisoned here was documented at the time by the underground periodical A Chronicle of Current Events (April 1968-June 1982): - Balis Gajauskas - Mart Nicklus - Vladimir Bukovsky - … Continue reading Perm-35 camp museum re-opens online
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A new film about Yury Dmitriev
Jessica Gorter My first interview in SEE NL about "The Dmitriev Affair" and the upcoming World Premiere at the Cracow Film Festival in Poland.
Again, the same “experts”
The charge sheet against Oleg Orlov reveals that the phoney experts used against Yury DMITRIEV in both his trials have once again been 'consulted' and offered their unprofessional opinions. Writing for the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Halya Coynash has this ... === Concern that Oleg Orlov, Co-Chair of Memorial, could face imprisonment for his … Continue reading Again, the same “experts”
Reading the names: Sandarmokh 2022
For six hours on Friday, 5 August 2022, people around the world read out a seemingly endless list of those who were shot during Stalin's Great Terror in 1937-1938. Over six thousand men and women were executed at SANDARMOKH, one of Northwest Russia's biggest killing fields. I was asked to read some names where I … Continue reading Reading the names: Sandarmokh 2022
High Court upholds 15-year sentence, March 2022
As soon as sentence was passed in December 2021 at Yury DMITRIEV's third trial, his lawyers submitted an appeal against the verdict. Yury Dmitriev in the courthouse corridor, 2022 Unlike the previous two trials, the court was openly prejudiced against the accused and would accept no petitions from the defence. Victor Anufriev, Dmitriev's defence attorney … Continue reading High Court upholds 15-year sentence, March 2022
