currently held in a mental hospital in the Soviet Union, may soon be released. acoording bo dissident sources in Mosoon, The same sources also report that in answer to official questions about whether he has changed his views, Grigorenko replied: "To have one's convictions changed it is nepessary to have more impressive grounds than intimidation.* last few months It the Soviet authorities are indeed con- •which Robin Blackhurn (ING), lan Birchseeing the release of Grigorenko witile he all-S), and Chris Farley (Bertrand remains unrepentant, then that is a poser ful tribute to the international defence speakers. campaign which has boen mounted in the This reached a crescendo on 7 May. the fifth anniversary of his arrest in Tashkent, when activities took place through out the world to mark, "Grigurenko Day -In London about 50 people attended a meeting chained by Audrey Wise, MP, at Rusell reace Foundation) were the Support for the campaign has also come from Manchester University, where the Students' Union Counci passed a motion on 7 May calling for the immediate release of Grigorenko and other oppositionists. This action was followed up a week later when i116 members and ocher Dano a picker of boviet psychiatrists visiting the Universaty in order to highlight the plight of Grigorenko.
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