European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday. February 14,1987 a Pluto soviet plainclothes men thursday Jostle a woman us they move in to break up demonstration in Moscow. Soviet Security agents get rough with demonstrators in Moscow Moscow a Security agents Friday lunged Fisl first into a crowd of protesters seeking Freedom fora jailed jewish activist punching them and smashing Western journalists cameras. Police briefly detained three journalists. It was the fifth straight Day of protests on a Centra Moscow shopping Street to demand emigration rights and the release of Josef begun and the second time plainclothes Security agents used Force to break up Thi demonstration. Foreign ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasim Ovon thursday blamed Young right Wing vigilantes called Lyu bars after the Lyu berets neighbourhood where they supposedly live for violence during that Day s demonstration. But during Friday s protest As on thursday Al least a half dozen uniformed policemen stood by and did nothing to Stop the violence. The men who broke up the protest were highly organized and afterwards about two dozen of them piled into a police bus and drove Oft begun a hebrew teacher was sentenced in october 1983 to seven years in prison for anti soviet agitation and thursday said begun can apply for re consideration of his Case speaking in a satellite interview with Britain s in network Gerasimov said that if begun docs so i suspect that it will be reviewed favourably to him. So actually there s no need for any the spokesman tuesday said begun was not among 140 dissidents being released Early from jail because he declined to apply Tor a Pardon. However dissident sources said authorities nol prisoners initiated the pardoning process begun s son Boris who was wearing a Blue and White stocking Cap bearing the Star of David was drag ged away Friday by the plainclothes Security agents before he could unfold a placard he was carrying. Boris begun was taken to a nearby militia station along with Vladimir Pimonov who shouted they re fascists Pimonov reported earlier this week that soviet authorities denied him permission to emigrate so he can rejoin his wife and daughter in Denmark. Another protester Nastasha Bekman was shoved off arbat Street and dragged Down a nearby Alley in front of the ministry of culture. As uniformed police men looked on she was punched and kicked by the men in civilian clothes. Western reporters who tried to film or photograph the scene were struck or shoved away by the Plain clothes men. No photographs shouted one plainclothes agent As he slammed his fist into an a reporter s camera. Agents also smashed cameras of the Cable news net work and French television Crews. Joseph Richey cameraman for lbs Moscow Bureau and his sound Man Armand Denis were detained for More than two hours in a militia station after trying to film the protest. Anturo Pietila correspondent for the Baltimore Sun also was taken to the militia station near arbat Street Richey said. Pie Lila s office said he was released about 2
