Soviet dissident trials
- Title
- Soviet dissident trials
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 11 Jul 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:11
- Description
- John Macdonald, human rights lawyer, on the illegality of Soviet dissident trials. One of the men being tried is seriously ill and would die if sent to a gulag. Previous trials were not run fairly and it seems these are not either and are illegal under Soviet law. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- John MacDonald
- Keywords
- USA; Human rights; Human rights violations; UK; USSR; Trials; Political activists; Political dissenters; Internment camps; Right to justice
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LBC/IRN, "Soviet dissident trials". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009200442015 (Accessed 23 Jul 2025)