Political psychiatric detention in the USSR

Summary

Asked whether sane people continued to be detained in Soviet psychiatric institutions for political or religious reasons, the Minister said he had no conclusive evidence that this was happening at present.

Mervyn Taylor Mr. Taylor Labour Party

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been any improvement in the situation in the USSR whereby sane persons were detained in institutions for political or religious reasons; and if he will make representations to the USSR Government on the matter.

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Peter Barry Mr. P. Barry Fine Gael

While there is little doubt that the Soviet authorities at one time detained sane persons in psychiatric institutions, I have no conclusive evidence that this occurs at the present time.

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