Helsinki-86
Sign in to saveThe CTAG (, Human Rights Defense Group) Helsinki-86 was founded on 10 July 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers: Linards Grantiņš, Raimonds Bitenieks, and Mārtiņš Bariss. Its name refers to the Helsinki Accords and the year of its founding.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Helsinki-86 is referenced by 232 other articles, and connects out to Latvia, Soviet Union and Riga.
It sits within the topics 1986 establishments in Latvia, 1986 establishments in the Soviet Union and Anti-communist organisations in Latvia.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country
- Latvia
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- inception
- 1986-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Role in the "Singing Revolution"
- Since independence
- See also
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The CTAG (, Human Rights Defense Group) Helsinki-86 was founded on 10 July 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers: Linards Grantiņš, Raimonds Bitenieks, and Mārtiņš Bariss. Its name refers to the Helsinki Accords and the year of its founding.
Helsinki-86 was the first openly anti-Communist organization, but also the first openly organized opposition to the Soviet regime, in the former Soviet Union, setting an example for other ethnic minorities' pro-independence movements.
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