Yosyf Zisels
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Yosyf Zisels was a human rights activist and Ukrainian dissident.
He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group
(UHG), involved in the samizdat
movement, human rights
activist, prominent activist in the Jewish movement in Ukraine, and a political prisoner.
He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group
Ukrainian Helsinki Group
The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was founded in November 1976 to monitor human rights in Ukraine. The group was active until 1981 when all members were jailed....
(UHG), involved in the samizdat
Samizdat
Samizdat was a key form of dissident activity across the Soviet bloc in which individuals reproduced censored publications by hand and passed the documents from reader to reader...
movement, human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activist, prominent activist in the Jewish movement in Ukraine, and a political prisoner.