Prisoners Of Conscience In The Ussr: Their Treatment And Conditions
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Behind the iron curtain, thousands of men and women were imprisoned not for crimes, but for their beliefs — and Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR: Their Treatment and Conditions stands as a landmark document that brings their suffering into unflinching focus. This authoritative Amnesty International report chronicles the systematic repression of political, religious, and ideological dissidents within the Soviet Union, detailing the brutal conditions of labour camps, psychiatric institutions, and internal exile that were wielded as instruments of state control. Drawing on exhaustive testimony and rigorous investigation, it presents a damning portrait of a government that weaponised its own legal and penal systems against its citizens, stripping them of their most fundamental human rights. The report argues with meticulous clarity that the Soviet treatment of prisoners of conscience was not incidental but structural — a deliberate policy designed to silence dissent and intimidate entire populations into conformity. Published at the height of Cold War tensions, this document became a critical piece of the global human rights canon, illustrating the vital importance of independent international oversight in the face of state oppression. Amnesty International's signature style — precise, factual, and morally urgent — lends the work an authority that transcends its era, leaving the reader to confront a haunting question: how many voices were silenced before they could be heard?
Author: Amnesty International
Format: Paperback
Published: 1980, Quartermaster House Ltd (for Amnesty International)
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the iron curtain, thousands of men and women were imprisoned not for crimes, but for their beliefs — and Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR: Their Treatment and Conditions stands as a landmark document that brings their suffering into unflinching focus. This authoritative Amnesty International report chronicles the systematic repression of political, religious, and ideological dissidents within the Soviet Union, detailing the brutal conditions of labour camps, psychiatric institutions, and internal exile that were wielded as instruments of state control. Drawing on exhaustive testimony and rigorous investigation, it presents a damning portrait of a government that weaponised its own legal and penal systems against its citizens, stripping them of their most fundamental human rights. The report argues with meticulous clarity that the Soviet treatment of prisoners of conscience was not incidental but structural — a deliberate policy designed to silence dissent and intimidate entire populations into conformity. Published at the height of Cold War tensions, this document became a critical piece of the global human rights canon, illustrating the vital importance of independent international oversight in the face of state oppression. Amnesty International's signature style — precise, factual, and morally urgent — lends the work an authority that transcends its era, leaving the reader to confront a haunting question: how many voices were silenced before they could be heard?