Violations of the Helsinki Accords, East Germany: A Report Prepared for the Helsinki Review Conference, Vienna, November 1986, Том 4Human Rights Watch, 1986 - 43 страница |
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activity allowed Approximately April arrested attempt Berlin Wall border Charter 77 conscientious objector continue crimes criminal Czechoslovakia demonstrations deployment diplomats disarmament discussion Dresden East Berlin East German citizens East German government East-West German relations Embassy in Prague emigrate Erich Honecker European Nuclear Disarmament exit visas expelled face discrimination family reunification Free German Youth freedom of expression Freedom of Movement GDR citizens GDR Peace GDR's groups that formed Helsinki accords Helsinki Final Act Helsinki Watch human rights human rights group imprisonment independent peace movement issues Kerndl Keston letter Lutz Rathenow Menschenrechte DDR military service missiles in Europe monitor months in prison November nuclear Party peace group Penal Code permission petition policies political prisoners prohibited prosecuted protest refusing military religious reported repressive countries restrictions sentenced social Socialist Soviet symbol trials violations visit the GDR visited West Germany West German Embassy Western Women for Peace
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Страница 8 - Zeitz applied for permission to emigrate after his request to form an association for environmental protection was denied. His continued protest against GDR environmental policies and denial of his right to emigrate led to his arrest and conviction to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment on charges of "defamation of the GDR.
Страница 6 - approved' list, the Postal Publication Register, are regularly confiscated at the border. This happened to Mikhail Gorbachev's book 'Perestroika' in late 1987. Only after lengthy consultation was a copy — under plain covers — allowed into East Berlin. Artistic freedom : The SED conceives of art and literature as a means of promoting political goals. Publishing houses practise...
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Страница 1 - Constitutional duty to oppose.. .the spreading of anti-socialist ideology which is practiced in the name of 'freedom,' 'democracy,
Страница 1 - ... development of a country's democracy' and expressed the need for 'journalistic cleanliness, media work which is faithful to the truth and the development of a creative struggle of opinions in society'. The Constitution of the German Democratic Republic guarantees (Art. 27.1) the right to free expression and free press, radio and television, but the official commentary to the Constitution (published in 1969) stipulates the 'constitutional duty to oppose ... the spreading of anti-socialist ideology...
Страница 4 - ... approves all publishing, including publishing abroad. Professional associations of writers and artists are headed by party members and are strongly influenced by the state. Writers can be imprisoned under the currency law for having income from unregistered works published abroad. Music groups must have lyrics approved by the state. These restrictions also apply to Western groups wishing to perform in the GDR. There is, however, no known recent case of a writer having been imprisoned under the...
Страница 13 - Germans are only allowed to leave for purposes of family reunification or because the government considers them "harmful to society.