Release of political prisoners in Central and Eastern Europe

Resolution 142 (1958)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its 29th Sitting, on 14th January 1958 (seeDoc. 767, Report of the Committee on Non-represented Nations).

The Assembly,

Having regard to its Resolution 107 on steps to secure the release of political prisoners in Central and Eastern Europe ;

Noting that a large number of political prisoners have not yet been released and that a new wave of arrests and deportations has taken place in Hungary and in the Soviet Zone of Germany,

Calls once more upon world opinion to appeal for the immediate release of the persons concerned.