Defending human rights in Russia : Sergei Kovalyov, dissident and human rights commissioner, 1969-2003 /

Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biology academic and, in the 1970s after becoming active in dissident circles, was arrested by the KGB, tried, imprisoned and subjected to internal exile. After his release, he continued to work f...

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Hlavní autor: Gilligan, Emma, 1967-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Edice:BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 11.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106101
Obsah:
  • Introduction
  • Dissidentstvo
  • The dissident nomenklatura
  • The Supreme Soviet Human Rights Committee
  • The Presidential Human Rights Commission
  • The Chechen War 1994
  • 1996
  • Troubling times.