European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 � the stars and stripes thursday. July 9, 1987 sex uie Nobyl director 5 aides go on trial chernobyl. . I l l inc former director of the Hern l l Kimn Ali in and five aides went in Inal tues Day charged no safely irad ing to the world s warm nuclear Accident in april i9f. The indictment whose Reading look up the major pan of he first Day of the trial expected to last three weeks also charged that there had been a near Acci Dent at the station in 1985 Al Llie station 60 Miles Nort � of Kiev. As presiding judge Raimond k. Brizic b Deputy chairman of the soviet supreme coup looked Down from a High backed hair emblazoned with the soviet Hammer and sickle the six defendants were charged with a breach of safety regulations at explosion prone the penalty is up to 10 years. All the defendants except former Plant director Viktor Brukha nov conc std Piri of the charges especially Hose Jil iming if no Oden on human error. Brukha nov. Who said lit arrived 30 min utes after the Accident admitted culpability because lit Accident Otruk Rcd Dur ing his absence chernobyl s no. 4 re Jour exploded ill Al 1 23 . April 2ft. I Tift. Killing 31 people Hospi lad ing 2.7 with radiation sickness and forcing i Evascu Iti in of 135,000 people and inc creation of a i mile Security one. The reactor exploded after an electrical test to Sec whether the residual Energy of a spinning Turbine could provide Power in an emergency shutdown. Safety systems were reportedly shut off during the test. The defendants included besides Brukha nov chief Engineer Nikolai Fomin Deputy Engineer Anthony s. Dyatlov Alexander p. Kovalinko 45, chief i or Val run. 4 Boris v. Rog nah pm. 52. Shift chid Al rvs Cir 4 ind Yuri a aus Likin. So j senior Engi Tvr. The Ages of Ilie Lisl Eliric were not Piu a. At fun who was present during the lest and is thus most Vulner Ihle admitted in the pc Lar of the Black watch and is visiting Berlin fur three Days during the City s 750lh anniversary celebrations. Group lists human rights abuses in Romania London a amnesty International accused the romanian govern Manl on wednesday of a persistent Pat Tern of human rights abuse including torture denial of Lair trial and the jailing of dissidents who have tried to leave she country. In a 27-Page report on the soviet bloc nation s record on human rights in int 1980s, amnesty International said it had evidence of political prisoners being Tor lured to extract confessions and being de Nied Access 10lawyers before anal. Other dissidents Hue been attacked in the Sorci is placed under House arrest Anil fired from their Jobi to silence criticism of the government the London based human rights organization said. It said hundreds of people have been imprisoned for wanting to Itsue the Easl pm european country bul other prominent dissenters who wanted to stay have been forced by the authorities to emigrate. Amnesty International said in had Doc. A mimed evidence of dozens of poli Viraj prisoners in Romania bul said they rep resent Only a fraction of the probable local. Discovering the True figure has been impossible because of censorship and an atmosphere of fear and suspicion in the country the report said. Amnesty International said romanian authorities have violated human no this m funicular the right to it Edom of i Pri an the right 10 leave one s country. The right to Lair Inal inc right no to be subjected to torture or other cruel inhuman or do Rading i real Mem. The group said in had received Many allegations of political in toners being mis treated during pc anal detention in order to coerce them into making some political prisoners Are reported to have been tortured including by being beaten on the soles of the feet being kicked and being Bearn with rubber truncheons amnesty International said. Two prison ers Are reported to have died after the report said other critics of the com in isl e emt Tki a have a Uil House Arn is. Losing their jobs and hand in tin erect by hugs believed in hi1 acting he report cued the Case of a Iti ear Oli build in Wiiki Rizui Truje and Ilis Loihuu d a Itkis Crit i Inu Tumanu s Piv ii fill . Me 11 sen ing a nine year prison Send once for propaganda against the socialist Staic " the re port suit. A former teacher who complained to a foreign Radii station about losing his Job unfairly Bier died in prison serving an right ear senic nce for i Paragina the Central organs of the party and state the report said. A flu a old electrician a Resit after the Center Plain in a a Milia of a Ceausescu and the Wafik Vav Don t want us. Hangman got Iii scan. Amnesty International said. I lie human Nofiu group also said Ponti Culik Tai Ifil a h.ivt1 often Ken denied so acis in , before thai and indictments my Iii Slu i ii Yin to prisoners and their Utu Jer Biily nun in to Titford the started
