1. The transnational activism of British human rights organisations, 1965-1985 Mark Hurst, School of History, University of Kent

2. Outline  The Soviet dissident movement needs to be understood transnationally  The success of activist groups in the West depended upon conditions in international relations

3. Soviet Dissent  Dissent was not conducted in a domestic vacuum  International support was integral to their activism

4. Psychiatry  Valery Tarsis – Ward 7  Evgeny Belov  Zhores Medvedev  Vladimir Bukovsky  1972 Documents  1976 Exchange for Luis Corvalan

5. Psychiatry  World Psychiatric Association  1977 Honolulu Congress  Declaration of Hawaii  Review Committee  1983 Vienna Congress  AUSNP resignation

6. The Refuseniks  ‘Colourful’ campaigns to raise awareness  The Women’s Campaign For Soviet Jewry (the 35’s)  Supported by the refuseniks  Avital Shcharansky  Shift in the mid-1970s  Focus on Political Power

7. Keston College  Michael Bourdeaux  Opium of the People  Chequers Seminar

8. Amnesty International  Chronicle of Current Events  Writers and Scholars International

9. ‘The 1977 Nobel Peace Prize went to Amnesty International, London-based, which works for political prisoners around the world and against torture. “We are,” said secretary-general Mr Martin Ennals, “delighted”’

10. The Rush to Expertise  1960s – Establishment  Mid-1970s – Recognition  Late-1970s onwards – Expansion

11. Conclusion  Pussy Riot  Nadezhda Tolokonnikova  Maria Alyokhina  Petr Pavlensky