Word: martials
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leniency Undesirable. Thus fortified in their work, the new AVH men are methodically restoring the structure of the police state. Martial law applied to the factories has enabled them to curb strikes and send troublesome workers to the coal mines. Wildcat stoppages are being punished by fines, and January pay envelopes are lean. ("Anyone who was on strike in December, even for two days, will see the difference in his pay.") After a six-day "trial," Freedom Fighters Joszef Dudas, who led an attack on the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in October, and Janos Szabo, who led a stand against superior...
...uncovered the same facts about the case as he had collected for the defense, Berman replied that "facts lend themselves to different inferences." He said that his handling of the case was somewhat different than if it had been tried in a non-military court, because in the court-martial, the jury is a "tribunal of experts...
...rebels and criminals." Five of the arrested were condemned to death and one executed, said Radio Budapest, hinting at mass trials to come. Western sources gave a grimmer estimate of AVH efficiency: over a period of "several days," Western diplomats reported, 241 persons had been executed by summary courts-martial, 170 of them in Budapest...
...Nuri proclaimed martial law, closed schools, clapped on heavy censorship and arrested about 100 political foes. Last week his Baghdad government announced that five opposition leaders had been court-martialed and sentenced for under mining public security. Kamel Chaderchy, former Minister of National Economy and Transport and head of the left-wing National Democratic Party, was sentenced to three years' hard labor. "Nuri has ridden out the storm," said U.S. Ambassador Waldemar John Gallman, and took off for a month's home leave...
Unfortunately, the police got word of the coming strike. Kadar slapped martial law on the country, cut off all outgoing telephone circuits. Then he quietly took over the Central Council telephones in their headquarters. Factory and council representatives, mystified by rumors, called up asking, "What's the decision?" Kadar's men replied: "Can't tell you on the phone. Come around." One by one the factory-council representatives were arrested...