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...other cities had also seized at least 26 Solidarity supporters, together, with their radio transmitters and printing presses. Among the captives: Zbigniew Belz, one of the 107 elected members of Solidarity's National Commission. Polish authorities allegedly claim that Belz, having been in hiding since the declaration of martial law 16 months ago, had been helping to organize May Day protests around his native city of Gorzow Wielkopolski...
...readmission to the shipyard also puts him in direct also puts him in direct contact with the 17,000 yard workers who are his most avoid followers. Little is known about Pinior, who was treasurer of the Solidarity chapter in Lower Silesia before the Dec. 13, 1981, declaration of martial...
...colleagues, he has imprinted the Socialist International with his own ideological stamp. The Socialist International routinely condemns human rights abuses in South Africa or South Korea, but delegations heading for East European capitals often steer away from controversial subjects. When Poland's General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in December 1981, Brandt issued a bland statement of regret noting that "unwanted advice and strongly worded declarations will not help the people of Poland." Brandt has also drawn fire for his calls for "revolutionary change" in El Salvador...
...forum, sponsored by the four-month-old Harvard-Radcliffe Students Supporting Solidarity (HRSSS), featured seven ex-officials of the labor union Solidarity who had been interned in Poland under martial...
Evren's approach has aroused concern in Western Europe. Karsten Voigt, foreign policy spokesman for West Germany's Social Democratic opposition, has challenged Bonn's $165 million economic aid to Turkey, saying that there is "no moral justification for criticism of martial law in Poland" if West Germany does not take action to reduce human rights abuse in other countries, like Turkey. Last week 90 French intellectuals staged a protest demanding "the immediate end of the repression and militarization that has hit the universities." And in a public show of displeasure, the U.S. consul in Istanbul turned...