U k r a in ia n h u m a n -r ig h ts a d v o c a te a n d s p e n t fo u r y e a r s ' im p r is o n m e n t a t th e M o r d o v ia n la b o r

The New York-based Freedom House h a s b e e n m o n ito r in g p o litic a lr ig h ts a n d c iv il lib e r tie s a r o u n d

s o lu tio n ) , b u t th is w a s v o te d d o w n o n a te c h n ic a lity , lo s in g b y o n e v o te , 4 7 -4 6 . F ifte e n

Soviet political prisoners w hose nam es, b io g r a p h ie s a n d p la c e s o f in c a r c e r a tio n are known, 77 are wom en. Forty-two a r e

1 3 a r e in p r is o n fo r v a r io u s h u m a n -r ig h ts a c tiv i\u2013 t ie s ,su c h a s d istr ib u tin g

a r tic le s , m a k in g statem ents critical of th e Soviet regim e, o r jo in in g h u m a n -r ig h ts o r g a n iz a tio n s . S ix

its p r is o n s , la b o r cam ps, and psychiatric hospitals, the 77 docum ented cases represent onlyth e tip o f th e ic e b e r g ," th e stu d y p o in ts o u t.

H ouse's bim onthly m agazine, Freedom at issue, a n d in th e U k r a in ia n W e e k ly .

p o litic a l c a m p a n d in c r im in a l cam ps are forced to w ork eight hours a day, six days a week. Am ong the tasks th e y

M inister Brian M ul\u2013 r o n e y to set up th e g o v e r n m e n t's in q u ir y into war crim inals.

The accusation w as m ade by veteran J u s tic e D e p a r tm e n t la w y e r iv a n W h ite - h a ll a ta h e a r in go n D e c e m b e r 4. He to ld Justice Jules D eschenes, the head of the one-m an

M r. L ittm a n , th e C a n a d ia n rep resen \u2013 ta tiv e o f th e S im o n W ie se n th a l C e n te r , first raised concern about D r. M engele in

M inister M ulroney. T he letter asserted that D r. M engele tried to enter C anada fr o m

"an im m ediate investigation, ordered at the highest level," to deter\u2013 m in e

a s sa y in g th a t th e L ittm an letter "culm inated in settingu p th e in q u ir y ."

lim ita tio n s a t th e m useum 's current location and the need t o

L t. H ryhory K utsenko. a U krainian RedA rm y officer,h a s been sentencedt o four yearsi nala b o r cam p fo r s a y in g th a t U k r a in e c o u ld s u r v iv e in d e p e n d e n t o fth e S o v ie t U n io n d u r in g a

A le x a n d e r S o l\u2013 z h e n its y n 's G u la g A r c h ip a la g o . O f\u2013 ficials also

Peace Prize has once again em ergeda s the subjecto f controversy becauseo n e o fth is y e a r 's r e c ip ie n ts p a r tic ip a te d in a c r u s a d e

in v ite Yevgeni Chazov,a co-chairm ano f in te r n a tio n a l P h y s ic ia n sF o r T h e P re\u2013 ventiono f Nuclear W art o the awards cerem ony

published in the governm ent new spaper lzvestia, w hich attacked D r. Sakharov, sayingh e had slanderedh is country and " g ro ssly

d is to r t(e d )th e r e a litie so f (Soviet) life," accordingt o The W ash\u2013 in g to n P o st.

com m unity. W est G e r m a n C h a n c e llo r H e lm u t K o h l a n d leaderso f nine other European Chris\u2013 tian Dem ocratic parties,w ro tele tte r s to th e

stating thatth e last such request by a g o v e r n m e n t le a d e r w a s m a d e b y A d o lf H itleri n

Ambassadors in O slo from the United S t a t e s , Britaina n d W est G erm any, reportedth e Post, said they w ould not a tte n d th e cerem ony, a lth o u g h th e S ta te D e p a r tm e n t c la im e d

Party daily P r a v d a , b la m in g th e U .S .fo r th e a r m s race becausei t "chooses to accum ulate th e m o st d e a th -d e a lin g a r m s in a fu tile attem p t

wrote thatD r. Chazovh a s also been accusedo f prom oting Soviet a n ti-n u c le a r p o lic y th r o u g h th e m e d ic a l profession, m ost notably in the organi\u2013 zation of w h ic h he is co-founder, known as D octors Against N uclear W ar.

w ere aw ard ed the peace prize for th eir effo rts to a lien th e w o r ld to ther i s k s o f n u c le a r c o n flic t.

cooperation. D octors Against N uclear W ar w as created tw o years ago by D r. C hazov and his Am erican counterpart. Bernard Low n.

com m ittee felt "uncom fortable" w hen it le a r n e do f D r . C h a z o v 's in v o lv e m e n t in th e d e n u n c ia tio no f D r . S a k h a r o v .H e stated, how ever, that com m ittee m em \u2013 bers resigned them selves to the fact that th e ir d e c is io n s w o u ldb e q u e s tio n e d .

n ia n so n D e c e m b e r1 0r e g a r d in g th e C S C EC u ltu r a lF o r u m h e ldi nB u d a \u2013 pest on O ctober 5 to N ovem ber 25.

W o r ld C o n \u2013 g r e s so f F r e e U k r a in ia n s w o u ld lik e to bringt o everyone's attention th e im portance of prom oting and defend\u2013 in g

lik et o c o m m e n dth e p e r fo r \u2013 manceo f the United States delega\u2013 tion to the C ultural Forum in Buda\u2013 p e s t.

th e S o v ie t U n io n .H is e m p h a s iso n the fateo f a ll w riters in the w orld, b e in g

im p o r ta n t im p lic a tio n sfo r th e free\u2013 d o m o fw riters th r o u g h o u tth e w o r ld , a n d is a m o r a l e n c o u r a g e m e n t fo r a ll U k r a in ia n

m em bero f the U .S. C om m issiono n Security and C ooperationi n Europe, attendedth e Cultural Forum

p ro d u cea form al docum ent becauseo f lacko f agreem ent on the fundem ental issues o f

in d iv id u a la n d h is h u m a n r ig h t sa s th e le g itim iz in g fa c to rfo r th e e n tir e CSCE process.

T h e a p p r o p r ia tio no f M O O ,O O O t o b e used until expended,w as attached to an a p p r o p r ia tio n s b ill fu n d in g th e J u s tic e , State and Com m erce D epartm ents.

1 9 3 2 -3 3 th a t k ille d s o m e 7 m illio a 'p e r s o n s in U k r a in e , iti s co m p o sedo f tw o m em berso f the Senate, four m em berso f the H ouseo f R epresentatives, three execu tive branch representatives and six public m em bers s e le c te d

The congressionala n d executive branch appointm ents were announced e a r lie r t h is y e a r .R ep . D an M ic a

tr a d e b e n e fitsfo r R u m a n ia u n le s sth e governm ent im provesi t s hum an-rights record. State D epartm ent officials have s a id .

a d d r e ssth e U .S . g o v e r n \u2013 m e n t's c o n c e r n s ,i t w o u ld b e d iffic u lt,i f n o t

th a tth e Rum anians listen carefully and under\u2013 sta n d

p o lic y m a tte r s a n d w h e ni t e a s e d r e s tr ic tio n so n im m ig r a tio n .B ut it

R u m a n iao f " c o n te m p to f th e r e lig io u s fr e e d o m a n d th e r e p r e s s io no f n a tio n a l m in o r itie s ." T w o b illsa r e s till p e n d in g ,o n e in

W hen the State Departm ent released its sem i-annual reportt o Congress, 'in its e v a lu a tio n

th a tth e c o u n tr y 's observanceo f hum anr ig h ts "continues tob e p o o r ."

note, sourcessa y that several Rum anians have been arrested fo r im p o r tin g B ib le s . F iv e p e r s o n s h a v e been sentenced from

H u n g a r ia n -la n g u a g e B ib le s m e a n tfo r R u m a n ia 's m in o r ity , have been converted into toilet paper.

T h e h is to ry o f th e c h a ir w a s tra c e d b y lhor Bardyn, president of the C hair of U k ra in ia n

sh o rt speeches dedicated to D r. M ago csi, w ho w as

m otivating stu\u2013 d e n ts to " th in k a n d e x p re s s th e m s e lv e s m ore clearly."

what he called "detractors" in th e U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity fo r im p e d in g th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e c h a ir d u rin g its em bryonic stages.

N ovem ber 23 for a banquet and recep\u2013 tio n c o m e m o ra tin g th e fifth a n n iv e rsa ry o f

S tu \u2013 d ie s , a ttra c te d b o th y o u n g a n d o ld w h o cam e

a c c o m p lis h \u2013 m ents of the past half decade and thank the chair's supporters.

a d v a n c e s tu d ie s o f th e p o litic a l e c o n o m y , h is to ry a n d c u ltu re o f th e U k ra in ia n n a tio n a n d U k ra in ia n s in C a n a d a .

S e c re ta ria t, a s w ell as 80 guests, it w as chaired by the W CFU

A m o n g th e to p ic s d is c u s s e d , in a d d i\u2013 tion to officers' reports, w ere the M illen\u2013 n iu m

b u re a u s in E urope w as also discussed, but it w as decided not to open such bureaus at this tim e due to lack of funds.

Saturday's session featured tw o panel presentatio ns, the first on the "M illen\u2013 n iu m

th e g o v e rn m e n t, th e u n iv e rs ity a n d m e m b e rs o f C a n a d a 's U k ra in ia n

F o u r p e o p le w h o h a v e c o n trib u te d to the gro w th and success of the chair w ere a p p la u d e d

as the largest single donor to th e c h a ir. H e d o n a te d 5 1 0 2 ,0 0 0 to w a rd s th e P e te r J a c y k C o lle c tio n o f U k ra in ia n S e ria ls

H isto rical A tla s." A co py of the atlas w as presented to M r. Jacyk d u rin g th e b a n q u e t.

a c h ie v e m e n ts in c u ltu re a n d e d u c a tio n ," S e n . Y u zy k to ld th e a u d ie n c e .

L a s t w e e k , T h eW e e k ly r a n th e fir s t p a r t o f a n in te r v ie w w ith lr e n e P a d o c h , th e fir s t a n d o n ly A m e r ic a n w h o s p o k e

in th efir s t p a r t o f th e in te r v ie w , M r s . Padoch shared her recollections about th ec o n v e r s a tio n w h ic h tr a n s p ir e d th a t

a fte r O c to b e r 2 4 a n d o ffe r s h e r o p in io n s o n th e h a n d lin g o f th e M e d v id c a s e .

agents w ho reportedly sent M r. M edvid b a c k to h is s h ip w ith o u t c o n s u ltin g th e ir s u p e r io r s .

he w as afraid." T hus, she said, it is hard for her to believe that the tw o m en m a d e a d e c is io n o n th e ir o w n to re tu rn M r.

u p , sh e suggested, adding that throughout the e n tire

p o te n tia l defectors during her eight yearsasa part- tim e tran slato r fo r th e1N S, said th at she th in k s th e 1 N S is try in g \u044e

Jaw orsky had not told his congressm an o f th e s itu a tio n , it m a y n e v e rh a v e c o m e to lig h t.

happened to M r. M edvid. Even though she had given a sw orn affidavit to 1N S investigato rs w ho cam e to her sum m er hom e,

s h e h a d g iv e n . B u t th a t d id not happen, M rs. Padoch said, and she re c e iv e d

freely. She w as also told, M rs. Padoch s a id , th a t if th e1N S s h o u ld fire h e r, th e y w o u ld