Action to secure the release of non-communist political prisoners behind the Iron Curtain

Motion for a resolution | Doc. 513 | 21 April 1956

Signatories:

Mr Karl K. WISTRAND, Sweden

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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION [(1) See 12th Sitting, 21st April, 1956 (referred to the Special Committee appointed to watch over the interests of European nations not represented in the Council of Europe and, for an opinion, to the Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions).]

The Assembly,

Having regard to current reports of an evolution which is said to be taking place in the U. S. S. R. and the satellite countries of Central and Eastern Europe;

Considering that vast numbers of people are still held in captivity in these countries on political grounds,

Calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners in these countries ; and

Expresses the view that a good test of the alleged new intentions of the U, S. S. R. and the satellites will be the answer given to this demand.