COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
117623, POB 15, Moscow, Russia; tel./fax (7-095)973-19-34, e-mail: inter@kpss.org
To Mr. David Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
Dear Sir,
The leadership of our Party was shocked to learn that
in Iceland was illegally arrested and for several days kept in complete
isolation the leader of Peace 2000, former Icelandic Presidential Candidate
Mr. Astthor Magnusson. He was released only by the High Court decision. The
Icelandic police also in the middle of the night raided the Peace 2000 offices
and the home of Mr. Magnusson and confiscated computers. We believe
that these unlawful actions deeply violate not only basic human rights but
also well-known democratic traditions of Iceland.
Our Party strongly protests against such
anti-democratic steps. We urgently appeal to you, Mr. Prime Minister, to
take all necessary measures for the punishment of the officials responsible
for these illegitimate actions and for the returning to Mr. Magnusson all the
Peace 2000 computers and data.
Yours respectfully,
Sergey Skvortsov,
First Secretary, CPSU