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U S experts skeptical of new Soviet psychiatric laws
U S experts say new Soviet laws making it a crime to place healthy people in psychiatric hospitals are a positive change but may not curb a long standing human rights abuse. dissidents like Victor Davidov welcomed steps, yet concerns over actual application and lingering officials remain.
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Washington
Kremlin
United States
Victor Davidov
Tass
Peter Reddaway
Sydney Bloch
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Ministry of Interior
Ellen Mercer
American Psychiatric Association
World Psychiatric Association
Davidov
Kuibyshev
Russia
Mr. Davidov
Center For Democracy
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Reddaway
Khrushchev
Kennan Institute For Advanced Russian Studies
Mercer
Yevgeny Chazov
Chazov
Department
Robert A. Wood