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Series IV: Janet Fleischmann Files, 1974-1990
Series V: Ted Zang Files, 1978-1990
Series VI: Ivana Nizich Files, 1990-1995
Series VII: Chris Panico Files, 1979-1992
Series VIII: New York Office Files, 1975-1996
Series IX: Washington D.C. Office Files, 1978-1998
Series X: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Files, 1975-1996
Series XI: USSR/Independent States Files, 1983-1997

Human Rights Watch records: Record Group 1: Helsinki Watch, 1952-2003, bulk 1978-1994

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Series VII: Chris Panico Files, 1979-1992

A researcher for the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch files his files are arranged alphabetically and consist of correspondence, manuscripts, memorandums, newspaper clippings, photographs and research reports.

Armenia


Box VII 1 Folder 1 Ayrikyan, Parvir (Armenian nationalist, human rights monitor), 1988

Box VII 1 Folder 2 Deportees--Armenian--Interviews, 1991

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Box VII 1 Folder 3-5 Government, 1990-1991, (3 Folders)

[restricted until 2067]

Box VII 1 Folder 6 Karabagh Conflict, 1990-1991


Box VII 2 Folder 1-2 Press Clips, 1987-1992, (2 Folders)

Azerbaijan

Box VII 2 Folder 3 Background Information, 1988-1990

Baltic States

Box VII 2 Folder 4 Committee to Protect Journalists--Report: Killing the Messengers: Lithuania and Latvia, 1991 January

Box VII 2 Folder 5 Press Clips, 1988-1991

Box VII 2 Folder 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Report, 1991 May-August


Box VII 3 Folder 1 Recognition--Baltic States, 1991

Ukraine

Box VII 3 Folder 2-3 Background, 1987-1989, (2 Folders)

Box VII 3 Folder 4 Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1988-1990

Box VII 3 Folder 5 Ukrainian Helsinki Group, 1988-1989

USSR

Box VII 3 Folder 6 AIDS, 1987-1990

Box VII 3 Folder 7 American Bar Association (ABA)--ABA-ASL Seminar (Association of Soviet Lawyers (ASL) Delegation), 1988 October 19-20), 1988 October

Box VII 3 Folder 8 American Committee on U.S.-Soviet Relations--New Outlook Quarterly, 1990-1991

Box VII 3 Folder 9 Anreyeva, Nina--Incident--"I Cannot Sacrifice My Principles," Sovetskaya Rossiya (1988 March), 1988-1989

Box VII 3 Folder 10 Anti-Soviet Memorial, 1988-1990

Box VII 3 Folder 11 Arts, 1981-1990

Box VII 3 Folder 12 Break-up of, 1991


Box VII 4 Folder 1 Cases--Prisoners, 1989

Box VII 4 Folder 2 Censorship, 1990

Box VII 4 Folder 3 Chernobyl, 1989-1990

Box VII 4 Folder 4 Christian Care East, 1988

Box VII 4 Folder 5 Civil Society Report--General, 1987-1989

Box VII 4 Folder 6 Committee to Protect Journalists--Report: The Soviet Media's Year of Decision, 1991

Box VII 4 Folder 7 Communist Party, 1988-1990

Box VII 4 Folder 8 Conscientious Objectors, 1989-1990

Box VII 4 Folder 9 Constitution--Belarusian, 1989

Box VII 4 Folder 10 Constitutional Amendments Law, 1988

Box VII 4 Folder 11 Contacts, 1987-1990

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Box VII 4 Folder 12 Correspondents--Journalists, 1985-1987

Coup

Box VII 4 Folder 13-15 General, 1991-1991, (3 Folders)


Box VII 5 Folder 1-3 General, 1991-1991, (3 Folders)

Box VII 5 Folder 4 Post-Coup Aftermath, 1991

Box VII 5 Folder 5 Crime, 1989-1991

Box VII 5 Folder 6 Crimean Tatars, 1987-1990

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Box VII 5 Folder 7 Criminal Code (Draft), 1989

CSCE

Box VII 5 Folder 8 Conference--Helsinki--Statements, 1992

Box VII 5 Folder 9 Conference--Moscow, 1987-1991

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Box VII 6 Folder 1-2 Conference--Moscow, 1991, (2 Folders)

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Box VII 6 Folder 3 Conference--Moscow--Statements, 1991

Box VII 6 Folder 4 Daily Glasnost, 1989-1990

Box VII 6 Folder 5 Death Penalty, 1987-1990

Box VII 6 Folder 6 Democratic Perestroika, 1989

Box VII 6 Folder 7 Democratic Platform Conference--CPSU, 1990

Box VII 6 Folder 8 Democratic Union, 1988-1989

Box VII 6 Folder 9 Demonstrations, 1988-1990

Box VII 6 Folder 10 Dissent--Human Rights--General, 1987

Box VII 6 Folder 11 Economic Conditions, 1989

Box VII 6 Folder 12 Economic Planning, 1990

Box VII 6 Folder 13 Economic Reforms, 1991

Box VII 6 Folder 14 Education, 1988-1989

Emigration

Box VII 6 Folder 15 General, 1988-1991

Box VII 6 Folder 16 Law, 1991 May


Box VII 7 Folder 1-3 Emigres, 1979-1990, (3 Folders)

Environment

Box VII 7 Folder 4 General, 1988-1992

Box VII 7 Folder 5 Environmental Groups, 1988-1989

Box VII 7 Folder 6 Estonia, 1984-1991


Box VII 8 Folder 1 Exchanges, 1988

Box VII 8 Folder 2 Family Reunification, 1988-1989

Box VII 8 Folder 3 Fascists, undated

Box VII 8 Folder 4 Forced Labor, 1985-1987

Box VII 8 Folder 5 Freedom of Information, 1988-1989

Georgia

Box VII 8 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1989

Box VII 8 Folder 7 Georgian Helsinki Group, 1987

Box VII 8 Folder 8 Press Clips, 1989-1990

South Ossetia

Box VII 8 Folder 9 Mission--Notebook, 1991

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Box VII 8 Folder 10 Mission--Report (Draft)--Related Materials, 1990-1992

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Box VII 8 Folder 11 Mission--Research Material, 1979-1991

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Box VII 8 Folder 12 Press Clips, 1991-1992

Box VII 8 Folder 13 Germans--Ethnic, 1981-1989


Box VII 9 Folder 1 Glasnost Magazine, 1987-1988

Box VII 9 Folder 2 Grigoryants, Sergei (dissident, journalist), 1988-1989

Box VII 9 Folder 3 Health Conditions, 1988-1989

Box VII 9 Folder 4 History, 1986-1989

Box VII 9 Folder 5 Homosexuality, 1989-1990

Box VII 9 Folder 6 Hospital Lists, undated

Box VII 9 Folder 7 Human Rights--Hearings on Human Rights in the USSR, 1991 September 7-8, 1991 September

Box VII 9 Folder 8 Independent Publications, 1987-1990

Box VII 9 Folder 9 "Informal" Political Groups and Parties, 1989

Box VII 9 Folder 10 Interlegal Research Center--Human Rights, 1992

International Helsinki Federation (IHF)

Box VII 9 Folder 11 General, 1986-1990

Box VII 9 Folder 12-13 Mission--Moscow (1988), 1987-1989, (2 Folders)

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Box VII 10 Folder 1 Inter-Regional Group (IRG), 1989-1990

Box VII 10 Folder 2 Jews, 1990-1991

Box VII 10 Folder 3 Kazachkov, Mikhail (editor, dissident), 1989-1990

Box VII 10 Folder 4 Kazakhstan, 1989-1990

Box VII 10 Folder 5 KGB, 1988-1989

Box VII 10 Folder 6 Kuznetsov, Sergei (independent journalist), 1989-1989

Labor

Box VII 10 Folder 7 Camps, 1987-1990

Box VII 10 Folder 8 Law, 1990-1990

Law Texts

Box VII 10 Folder 9 Drafts--Informal, 1989

Box VII 10 Folder 10 Drafts--Official, 1988-1990

Box VII 10 Folder 11 Law Texts--Final, 1989-1991

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Box VII 10 Folder 12 Briefing Papers, 1991

Box VII 10 Folder 13 Memoranda, 1989-1991

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Legal Analysis

Box VII 10 Folder 14 General, 1987-1988


Box VII 11 Folder 1-2 General, 1989-1990 (2 files), 1989-1990

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Legal Commentary

Box VII 11 Folder 3 General, 1988-1990

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Box VII 11 Folder 4 Helsinki Watch, 1988-1990

Box VII 11 Folder 5 Human Rights Groups--Other, 1988-1989

Box VII 11 Folder 6 Human Rights Groups--Soviet, 1989-1991

Box VII 11 Folder 7 Soviet Press, 1989-1990

Box VII 11 Folder 8 U.S. Press, 1989-1990

Box VII 11 Folder 9 Legal Conference: Legal Reform in the Soviet Union: Prospects for Human Rights., 1990 November 14-15

Lithuania

Box VII 11 Folder 10 Lithuanian Catholics, 1989

Lithuanian Independence

Box VII 11 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1990 March

Box VII 11 Folder 12 Press Clips, 1990

Press Clips

Box VII 11 Folder 13 General, 1984-1987


Box VII 12 Folder 1-2 General, 1988-1990 (2 files), 1988-1990

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Box VII 12 Folder 3 Soviet Military Occupation--Human Rights Violations--Official Statements, 1991

Military

Box VII 12 Folder 4 Amnesty--Draft Dodgers, 1991

Box VII 12 Folder 5 Military--Russia, 1988-1992

Box VII 12 Folder 6 Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), 1988-1990

Box VII 12 Folder 7 Moscow Helsinki Group, 1990

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Box VII 12 Folder 8 Moscow Independent University, 1988-1989

Box VII 12 Folder 9 Moscow Tribune Club, 1989

Moscow Trust Group

Box VII 12 Folder 10 General, 1986-1987


Box VII 13 Folder 1-2 Moscow Trust Group, 1987, 1989, 1987, 1989, (2 Folders)

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Box VII 13 Folder 3 Muslims, 1984-1989

Nagorno-Karabagh

Box VII 13 Folder 4 Mission--Notebook, 1992

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War--"Operation Ring"

Box VII 13 Folder 5 Reports, 1991

Box VII 13 Folder 6 Statistics, 1991

War--Trans-Caucasus Region

Box VII 13 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1991-1992


Box VII 14 Folder 1-2 Press Accounts, 1991, (2 Folders)

Box VII 14 Folder 3 Reports, 1991

Box VII 14 Folder 4 National Endowment for Democracy, 1988-1989

Box VII 14 Folder 5 Nationalities, 1986-1990

Box VII 14 Folder 6 Orlov, Yuri (nuclear physicist, dissent, human rights activist), 1989

Box VII 14 Folder 7 "Ostashvili" Case, 1992

Box VII 14 Folder 8 Pamyat (Trans: "Memory"), 1988-1990

Box VII 14 Folder 9 "Panorama" (news weekly), 1991-1992

Box VII 14 Folder 10 Peace Mailing, 1988

Box VII 14 Folder 11 Pentecostals, 1988

Box VII 14 Folder 12 People's Labor Organization (NTS), 1989

Perm Labor Camp

Box VII 14 Folder 13 Prisoner Information, 1988-1990

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Box VII 15 Folder 1 Prisoner Information, 1988-1990

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Box VII 15 Folder 2 Postfactum (independent news agency), 1990

Box VII 15 Folder 3 Press--Freedom of the Press, 1990-1991

Box VII 15 Folder 4 Press--Press Law, 1989-1990

Press Club Glasnost

Box VII 15 Folder 5 General, 1987-1989

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Box VII 15 Folder 6 Conference (December 10-15, 1987), 1987

Prisoners

Box VII 15 Folder 7-8 Current, 1987-1982, (2 Folders)

Box VII 15 Folder 9 Letter-writing Campaigns, 1987-1991

Prisons

Box VII 15 Folder 10 General, 1989-1991

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Box VII 16 Folder 1 Prison Projects, 1989-1992

Box VII 16 Folder 2 Prosecutors, 1990-1990

Psychiatry

Box VII 16 Folder 3 General, 1989-1991

Box VII 16 Folder 4 Independent Psychiatric Association, 1986-1989

International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry

Box VII 16 Folder 5-8 Documents on the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR (English), 1988-1991, (4 Folders)

Box VII 16 Folder 9-11 Documents on the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR (Russian), 1989-1991, (3 Folders)

Box VII 16 Folder 12 Information Bulletin, 1986-1989

Box VII 16 Folder 13 American Psychiatric Association--American Delegation, 1989 February-March

Psychiatry--Abuse


Box VII 17 Folder 1 Assessment of Recent Changes in Soviet Psychiatry, 1989

Box VII 17 Folder 2 Cases, 1985-1990

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Box VII 17 Folder 3 General, 1989-1990

Box VII 17 Folder 4 Human Rights Watch--Report, 1990 May

Box VII 17 Folder 5 Law, 1988

Box VII 17 Folder 6 Press--United States, 1989-1990

Box VII 17 Folder 7 Press--USSR, 1989

Box VII 17 Folder 8 Soviet Delegation, 1990

Box VII 17 Folder 9 World Psychiatric Association, 1989

Box VII 17 Folder 10 Public Human Rights Commission--Soviet, 1988-1990

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Box VII 17 Folder 11 Reference--Contacts and Organizations, 1988

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Refugees

Box VII 17 Folder 12 General, 1988-1990

Box VII 17 Folder 13 Draft Law, undated

Religion

Box VII 17 Folder 14 Bulletin of Christian Opinion, 1988-1989


Box VII 18 Folder 1 Freedom of Religion, 1987-1989

Box VII 18 Folder 2 General, 1987-1991

Box VII 18 Folder 3 Law, 1990

Box VII 18 Folder 4 Republic Secession Law, 1990

Box VII 18 Folder 5 Resistance, 1987

Box VII 18 Folder 6 Russian Orthodox Church, 1988-1990

Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR)--Constitution

Box VII 18 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1990

Box VII 18 Folder 8 Draft, 1991

Box VII 18 Folder 9-11 Sakharov, Andrei D. (1921-1989) (nuclear physicist, dissident), 1984, 1987-1990, 1984, 1987-1990, (3 Folders)

Box VII 18 Folder 12 Sakharov, Elena Bonner--Statement: "The Helsinki Act in the Future", 1991 September 10

Samizdat

Box VII 18 Folder 13 Moscow-based journals and publications, undated

Box VII 18 Folder 14 Moscow Information Exchange Bureau (MBIO), 1989

Box VII 18 Folder 15 The Samizdat Bulletin, 1988-1989

Box VII 18 Folder 16 Scientists, 1987-1990

Box VII 18 Folder 17 Seventh Day Adventists, 1988

Box VII 18 Folder 18 Siberia, 1988-1989


Box VII 19 Folder 1 Slepak Principles, 1988-1990

Box VII 19 Folder 2 Soros Fund, 1987-1989

Box VII 19 Folder 3 Soviet-American Review, 1989

Box VII 19 Folder 4 Soviet Center for Constitutional Democracy, 1990

Box VII 19 Folder 5 Soviet Delegation--Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), 1987-1988

Box VII 19 Folder 6-7 Soviet Jewry, 1991-1992, (2 Folders)

Soviet Peace Committee

Box VII 19 Folder 8 General, 1984-1989

Box VII 19 Folder 9 Twentieth Century and Peace, 1987-1989

Box VII 19 Folder 10-11 Soviet Press, 1987-1989, (2 Folders)

State of Emergency

Box VII 19 Folder 12 Law, 1990

Box VII 19 Folder 13 United Nations Declaration, 1990

Box VII 19 Folder 14 Summit Meetings--United States, 1990

Box VII 19 Folder 15 Supreme Soviet, 1989

Technology

Box VII 19 Folder 16 General, 1988


Box VII 20 Folder 1 General, 1989

Box VII 20 Folder 2 Television--Communications, 1983-1988

Box VII 20 Folder 3 Trade, 1988-1989

Box VII 20 Folder 4 Transition Period--Russia, 1991

Trips

Box VII 20 Folder 5 General, 1987-1989

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Box VII 20 Folder 6 Reports, 1988-1989

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Box VII 20 Folder 7 Union Treaty (Draft), 1991

Box VII 20 Folder 8 Unrest, 1985-1989

Box VII 20 Folder 9-12 USSR News Brief Human Rights, 1987-1991, (4 Folders)


Box VII 21 Folder 1 Vaksberg, Arkady I. (journalist), 1989

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Box VII 21 Folder 2 Validata--Yankelovich Clancy Shulman--Proposals, 1992

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Box VII 21 Folder 3 Vienna Groups, 1989

Box VII 21 Folder 4 Vladikavkaz--Interviews and Testimony, undated

[restricted until 2081]

Box VII 21 Folder 5 Voice of America, 1986 1988., 1986

Box VII 21 Folder 6 Wallenberg, Raoul (1912-1947) (Swedish diplomat), 1989

Box VII 21 Folder 7 What the Papers Say (WPS) (independent press review agency), 1992

Box VII 21 Folder 8 Workers, 1986-1991

Box VII 21 Folder 9 World Bank, 1991

Box VII 21 Folder 10 World Without War Council: Report From Leningrad, 1990 October

Box VII 21 Folder 11 Yeltsin, Boris (1931-2007) (President, Russia, 1991-1999), 1988-1992

Box VII 21 Folder 12 Youth, 1985-1990

Box VII 21 Folder 13 Zaslavsky, Ilya--Application--Reebok Human Rights Award, 1990

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United Nations

Box VII 21 Folder 14 U.N.--United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1987

United States

Box VII 21 Folder 15 Congressional Hearings--USSR--Testimony, 1989-1991

Box VII 21 Folder 16 Foreign Policy--USSR--Correspondence, 1991-1992

Box VII 21 Folder 17 Foreign Policy--USSR--Dissolution of USSR, 1991

Box VII 21 Folder 18 Foreign Policy--USSR--Reports, 1989

Box VII 21 Folder 19 Human Rights Issues, 1987-1989