Yosyf Zisels

Yosyf Zisels

Yosyf Zisels was a human rights activist and Ukrainian dissident. Born December 12, 1946 in Tashkent

He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki group (UHG), involved in the samizdat movement, human rights activist, prominent activist in the Jewish movement in Ukraine, and a political prisoner.

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* [http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2004/270413.shtml Biography]


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