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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gilligan, Emma, 1967-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: London ; New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Colecção:BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 11.
Acesso em linha:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=106101
Sumário:
  • Introduction
  • Dissidentstvo
  • The dissident nomenklatura
  • The Supreme Soviet Human Rights Committee
  • The Presidential Human Rights Commission
  • The Chechen War 1994
  • 1996
  • Troubling times.