Dissident Writer Mihajlov Is Released from Prison
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Wars, Battles, Human Rights, Kidnapping, Hostages, Prisoners, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia
- Date: November 24, 1977
Article abstract: After years of intermittent captivity and international notoriety in the struggle for political freedom, Yugoslav writer Mihajlo Mihajlov was freed under a general amnesty.
Summary of Event
Josip Broz, widely known by his military code name “Tito,” gained the support of England and Russia in 1943. After World War II, he was chosen to head the newly formed federal republic of Yugoslavia, comprising the republics of Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia. The nation fell generally within the orbit of...
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