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Dissidents Declared Insane
How dissidents in the USSR were routinely declared insane and kept in mental institutions.
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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