A succession of dedicated human rights groups were set up after 1968: the Action Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR went public in May 1969 with an appeal to the UN Human Rights Committee;An appeal to the UN Commission on Human Rights", A Chronicle of Current Events (8.10), 30 June 1969. the Committee on Human Rights in the USSR was established in 1970;"The Committee for Human Rights in the USSR", A Chronicle of Current Events (17.4), 31 December 1970. and a Soviet section of Amnesty International appeared in 1973. The groups variously wrote appeals, collected signatures for petitions, and attended trials.
A succession of dedicated human rights groups were set up after 1968: the Action Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR went public in May 1969 with an appeal to the UN Human Rights Committee;An appeal to the UN Commission on Human Rights", A Chronicle of Current Events (8.10), 30 June 1969. the Committee on Human Rights in the USSR was established in 1970;"The Committee for Human Rights in the USSR", A Chronicle of Current Events (17.4), 31 December 1970 and a Soviet section of Amnesty International .appeared in 1973. The groups variously wrote appeals, collected signatures for petitions, and attended trials.