The Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Group was founded in May 1976 by Dr. Yuri Orlov to monitor compliance by the Soviet Government with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki accords. From its inception. the group was subjected to KGB harassment and reprisals. Of the original 17 members of the Moscow Helsinki Group. 10 people were sent to prison or exile. 4 others were forced to emigrate from their homeland. and only 3 were still at liberty. One of these last three in Sofya Kalistratova. 75yearold attorney widely respected in Soviet human rights circles for her valiant defense of Soviet dissidents. Since December 1981.
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