Dissidents Declared Insane

Witness History: Archive 2012 - Een podcast door BBC World Service

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In the USSR, the authorities routinely declared political dissidents as suffering from schizophrenia and confined them in mental institutions.Witness speaks to Victor Davidov, a dissident who survived the experience, and to the international campaigner who helped win his release.PHOTO: Victor Davidov in the 1970s (private collection)

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