Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 SECRET NlroRN t« MMCT a« W CBNTRAL INI'BILIGBNCB Jl if N f NATICfiAL FOREIGN ASSBSSfENT CFNI'ER IDfAN RIGaS RBVIBW 26 May 1 June 1978 SOVIET UNICtl Soviet authorities are maintaining pressure on dissidan ts in the wake of the Orlov and Gamsalchurdia trials According to dis· sidents in Moscow Orlov's wife has not been allowed to see her husband since his conviction contrary to standard Soviet practices In the Ukraine two daughters of imprisoned Baptist leader Georgiy Vins have been refused permission by autharities in Kiev to emigrate to Canada according to their mother There were indicaticn s earlier this yeB l' that some maars of the Vins family might be allowed to emgrate Finally several Baptists 1ere reportedly arrested in Kra snodar in the north C4ul asus following a mass gathering of representatives of unofficial Baptist s The meeting was called to discuss such matters as emigration and ways of maintaining contact between congregations CXIWIDPNI'IAL A JUDber of Jewish refuseniks and others seeking to emigrate have recently carried out several acts of individual protest that testify to their mQCl of increasing desperation Irina McLellan wife of an American professor hung a protest bamer out the window of her · Moscow apartment RP-M-78-10241 2 June 1978 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 •• Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 SIDEr JIIfCRi BllN - Vladimir Slepak and his wife Maria held a similar ·placard fran their apartment balccuy A group of Jewish women waved PTOtest posters £rca the upper stories of the apartment building where theTe had gathered after their efforts to stage a dftncmstratian in downtown Mosc cw went thwarted • Agapov a 1oJho has trled to emignte since her san defected to SWeden in 1974 has threatlmed to ccmit suicide by public self-i Jml lation Earlier this year she tried unsucessfully to escape to Finland Antanina aHliDENTIAL Bast Gel'lDIDS to release Bahra Bahro was arrested last August following publicaticm in West Germany of his scathi Dg criticism of tlle Bast German regime in which he ca Ued for radical ec aoa ai c and political refoms but within the 1 framS'Nat k of the CCIJIIImist system Bahro' s heTeSY was particularly grating because of his lang-time party membership his familiarity with the ecmani c system and his refusal to recant Bahro was arrested on charges of Bl legecUy canspiri ng with Western intelligence agencies and he is the cmly East Gemsn dissident to be held an such gTounds A rec lt police search of his hclnr however failed to tt n n up in-· criminatina ·ev l dence Babro' s release possibly on bumanitarian grOLmds may be designed to nmove an irritant in East-West Genoan relati'ons before a prospective - 2- Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 I Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 SB Rm' - atem lbwter-Sc beidt a eting later this year 1he regime is presuaably also amcious· to get rid of a dissident who has bec aDe a cause celebre in the West SECRErl' NOPORN RXJQ RN BN'E -- UI·USSR The British press is increasingly critical of LabOT Party m l an Ccmgress 'IUC leaders for maintaining a low proflle ao tbe issue of 'WOrkers' rights in the USSR and Eastern Burope The 'roC is affUiated with the Intemational Confederati of Free Trade Uniaas Iaz'l'U however and officially supports the ICPTU' s recant decisi m to fU laints against the USSR and Poland with the International Labpr zatian IID allegmg violaticms of the ILO' s conventiat an 110 rs r freedan of association rue leaders have maintained ood relaticn with tbeir ostensible Soviet counterparts and seem prepared to _ ·llllditional privau resentatioas with the Soviets before l'irty- -nati so n- · ' 1 - -LabOr as far defiffiid taJt1ng acti em this matter pending a clearer expression of the views of tbe · s seneral c ouncil · exacut Cllllllittee 'lbe British have been a good deal less reticent in their reactions to the rec mt senteo cing of praninent dissident Yuriy Orlov by a Soviet court 1be Labor Party's national executive c CIIIDittee has issued a unsnimou s public critic ism of that Soviet action The British · GovemDent bas imefinitely postponed conclusicn of a sports agreement with the USSR and has indicated that it is ccmsidering taking additional steps in tDt awat other leading Soviet dissidents are placed Q1 trial The Orlw case also geaerated a c ondemnaticm of Soviet blaan rights practices by both sides in the House of Calams and provolced a nasty e betHND tll Foreign Trade Secretary Dell and Savi Deputy Premier IC iriUin at a joint press canferenc e en 25 May in Londan OH IDP Nl'IAL NJPORN - 3 - Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39 2 5 8 SBaU 'J' I K R RN MXDll'RACl' relatiau has resulted fran Brezlmev's visit to Bcmn in early May iDpUecl that 'thlt US sbculcJ not press its lDJman Tights policy abroad until it has set its own house in order Bahr specifically 11111ntimed tbe status of AIIIeriCSD Indians and added that the of lwPian tiahts Sift not be used as a stick with which to beat cue s adversary for then it results in fewer people having Dl re rights whereas the aim DIJSt be for mre people to have JIIDl'8 rights CONPIDBNTIAL KP JlN -- Dwmwrk A recent survey of the Foreign M inistl y' s ''Newsletter'' sheds sa Xiilitem the relative importance Danish offici aJ s attach to human ripts Issues in three selected Butem Bloc countries--the USSR Poland 8Dd East Gemmy Of the 40 various notices appearing in the newsletter em the three countri s during the period between 29 June 1977 milO February 1978 six notices or 15 percent dealt with 1niDan riibts prablea Two of these discussed gseral human rights issues in relatie11 to the Hltlsmki agYesnents two ccm cemed Jews in the USSR and tt o related to tbe case of several Danes who were arrestee in the USSR for at ting to distribute Bibles Mlch JtM re space was devoted to Danish fishing and ec aruJDic relations with the three Camud st countries than to right mat rs but the latter in turn caMI811ded more attention than military strategic and other issues CXN IDENTIAL KlFORN m-n LATIN AMEIU ·- Penl '11lirteen opponents of the govenmMant--mostly leftwing politicians- liwe been exiled to Argentina following 10 days of rioting 8Dd a 48-IK ur general strike that left 26 dead scores injured and more than a thouland in jail Tho expulsions are part of a new hal'dline · policy to cl ap cbrm on further demoastratiODS and strikes by maintaining prea ure Ql labor and the left ADmg those expelled were nine leftis CCDJidates for tbe constituent assembly election scheduled for 18 June prcupting speculation that the electim may be canceled Late last week the ·electoral court said that prapara ons have not bem affeeted by the civil strife and that the election w i l l be held as - tina scheduled tmPJDBNTIAL sovemment has released Alfredo Sofia a proleader whose arrest last week was apparently designed to ·- m ckaeatic critics not to speak out agains1 security measures tabll during the World Cup soccer tournament that began an 1 JUDe Intel'ior Minister Hargu indeguy has atteqlted to jll$tify the Coaurl Jt The i ihts Approved For Release 2005109 05 NLC-31-39-2-5 8 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 arrest on the grCUDd that Sofia--who has been publislrlng information on political p i soners and missing persCllS--is respcnsible for a pamphlet that scurril usly attacked the govet'DIElt The timing of the detention reflects the clil- of govet'lllll llt security officials who are try lDg ·to prevent terrorist ind dents- during the soccer tournament while not doing r clamase to Argmtina' s human rights image IDENTIAL ·· me The Catholic Church which has provided aJD st the only ti opposition to President Stroessner in recant years • has decided to JIIDC erate its c riticism of govemment abuses of rights In both his Easter message and his sel'Jial an Paraguayan In Day ·t at Ulth Archbishop Ismael Rolan adopted a non confrilttational seance Although Rolan pointed out the need for more legal safeguards BDd ·a IIDl'O competant system of justice his attitude was more positive and hopeful than earlier Rolon who refused to cCXlduct services in Stl'oe sner' s presence a few years ago has app81'ently c 1 ec ided that the cmly way be am exert a beneficial influence is tQ p'lll'Slle more CCIDCi liatory tactics cniFIDENI'lAL - MIA -- PfiP-dmmes In a mve to thrr Jw' his political opponents off balance Pr8l t Mircos ma y soan release supporters of fot111tr Senator Aquino who ware arrested an 9 April Marcos also probably hopes to draw opposition leaden into a publlc debate on national issues in order to s his interest in a politic al reconc iliatian By sugesting saoe sort of political acccmnndatian 'with Aqulno and his followers Marcos may believe he will improve the bility of the l latiw elect ian in April He has already ordereCl the reversal of official electicn results the Cebu region in favor of a nangovel'IIDmt slate--alt houah cue with a platform that generally canfoms to his policies He c cnsiders it important to maintain a democratic facade as he moves toward anotlutr round of talks with the US over a revised bases m Bg1'8elalt 'lbese overtures are largely window dressing Marcos has made sure that the n'Ot8C1u res to be followed in the Naticml Assembly will severely limit any critic ism of his martial law regime 12 Juae The Assembly ce11venes on Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 SBCRET M JORN lOXNl'RACl' sitic D leaden in Manila have been unable to agree Cll a c«nnt stand since th8 protest deamstraticm imnediately after the election Aquino biuelf seau to have lost same of h ls zest for the political I gua t tan 'lhree lll ll1 recently fOI Ild ty of bank robbery by a speCl' Dill1tary court weTe each sentsu ed to auprtation of a hand- the traditicmal Islamic punisllaent for thieves According to ga l8n lllel1t TegU atian s the amputations will be performed by a surgeon using a local anaesthetic This is the first instance of ticm actually beiDI deaeed by a court since Chief Martial Law ADdnistrator Zia introdlred the use of Islamic pmrl sbmen ts for crhninals last year Other sente es sud1 as floggings far various offenses and executim for rape have been carried aut as ord•inecl by the Koran · UNCLASSIFIED AFRICA -- South Africa Authorities have deta illed a Jlll lld er of the Young Christian 1110i'$i YtW a ' Raaan catholic youth gTOUp with 1inlcs to UNBSCD and to intematimal labor and two journalists who work for the b M k eo•mical newspaper 1he Voice Earlier in May the security police had 1'llided a YCW office 8rid detained the first black president of the YCW who · raaains in custody inOl l lmicado These moves are rminisccmt of earlier attacks against the pTOtestant Cuistian Institute which was ·IRIOI the oramizatiCilS banned Cll 19 October 1977 cmFIDENI'IAL The Politic al -Military Directorate that came to powr en 1 ' s appointed Abdillahi Mohamed as Prime M nister and lead of GowtJd lt Althouah there is no confirmation on the sponsorship of the c aup it was reporteCUy initiated by the landing of a group of 60 to 70 Freoch-speaking mercenaries In a note of irony fonoer Presidmt Ali Soilih who was deposed last Dalth allegedly because of his disregard for the islanders • traditional Islamic beliefs was killed em 29 May while aUeaedly atteapting to escape fran custody 1be Directorate reports that extemal elallmts tried to free Soilili shoTtl y after he was informed that he would c cae to trial before a special Islat'dc Court Abdillabi wants to testore democracy and plans to fora a federatian of the fout islands based em a constituticm to be adapted by a National Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39 2 5-8 Approved For Release 2005 09 05 NLC-31-39-2-5-8 SIQE1' tOIWl'RACT Rm J- Assely to be elec ted next Dr nth thll republic Will be a liberal Te respectiiii th8 partiCUlil' c ustcms and traaitiCilS af each island in the hope of reintegrating Mayotte which voted in 1975 to ranain part of France SECRBT l IQN tmJaRACT Rm - 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