The CTAG (Latvian: Cilvēktiesību aizstāvības grupa, Human Rights Defense Group) Helsinki-86 was founded in July 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers: Linards Grantiņš, Raimonds Bitenieks, and Mārtiņš Bariss. Its name refers to the human-rights statements of the Helsinki Accords. Helsinki-86 was the first openly anti-Communist organization in the U.S.S.R., and the first openly organized opposition to the Soviet regime, setting an example for other ethnic minorities' pro-independence movements.[citation needed]
The CTAG ( Latvian : Cilvēktiesību aizstāvības grupa , Human Rights Defense Group ) Helsinki-86 was founded in July 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers : Linards Grantiņš , Raimonds Bitenieks , and Mārtiņš Bariss . Its name refers to the human - rights statements of the Helsinki Accords . Helsinki-86 was the first openly anti - Communist organization in the U.S.S.R. , and the first openly organized opposition to the Soviet regime , setting an example for other ethnic minorities ' pro - independence movements.[citation needed ]
What group was the first to oppose the Soviet government publicly?
What group was the first to oppose the Soviet government publicly ?
Helsinki-86
Helsinki-86