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In USSR, booking you into the ward for political reasons did involve an arrest and a trial.
by varjag 6y ago
In USSR, booking you into the ward for political reasons did involve an arrest and a trial.
- TimTheTinker 6y agoI’m curious if you have any citations. (I’m reading The Gulag Archipelago, and I haven’t gotten far enough yet to find out the exact procedures that were used for dealing with political dissidents via mental health charges.)
- varjag 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union#Examination_and_hospitalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...