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Eastern European and Soviet Department: UK Policy towards Human Rights in Eastern Europe

1 Jan 1979

A file containing documents relating to human rights in Eastern Europe. Documents in the file include a speech by the Foreign Office minister Frank Judd featuring a lengthy discussion of the situation in Eastern Europe; a speech by Memmo Kamminga of Amnesty International on discrimination against minorities and abuses of psychiatry; and a report assessing the human rights situation in eight Eastern European countries. Subjects covered in the file include widespread bureaucratic inefficiency and corruption; government control of the judiciary and media throughout Eastern Europe; the "russification" of minority groups in the Soviet Union; an upcoming meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; and the prevalence of extrajudicial killings, torture, forced labour, imprisonment without trial, religious and ethnic discrimination, travel restrictions, restrictions on freedom of speech, and restrictions on free access to information in Eastern Europe.
human rights united kingdom corruption albania bulgaria hungary poland freedom of movement united nations czechoslovakia forced labour freedom of speech freedom of information international relations prisoners psychiatry romania torture travel restrictions soviet union amnesty international domestic politics speeches east germany judiciary ethnic minorities religious minorities eastern europe region british foreign policy letters from members of the public Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Romani Frank Judd Douglas Hurd
Collection ID
FCO28
Countries
Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Romania Soviet Union United Kingdom
Department Reference
EN 240/1
Document Type
Correspondence Reports Speeches and Public Statements
File Reference
FCO 28/3700
Identifier
10.1080/cwee.fco28.003700
Pages
98
Persons Discussed
Douglas Hurd Frank Judd
Published in
United Kingdom
Subject Countries
Eastern Europe Region
Themes
Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Domestic Politics International Relations

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