Prosecutors have been chosen for the trial of Mark Nashpitz and Boris Tsitlionok, the Moscow Jewish activists, and there is a possibility that the trial will be an open one to which foreign correspondents may be admitted, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported today. Nashpitz and Tsitlionok were among seven demonstrators who were arrested outside the Lenin Library in Moscow on Feb. 24 for protesting the denial of exit visas. The names of the prosecutors were given as Larachev and Mukhin.
The NCSJ also reported that the prosecution planned to call 10 to 15 witnesses who will say that the demonstration lasted 15 minutes and that the demonstrators blocked traffic, displayed posters and struck a woman. The defense hopes to call nine witnesses who can attest that the demonstration lasted not more than 30 seconds before it was disrupted by KGB agents and that there was no disruption of traffic. The NCSJ said a date probably has been set for the trial but that it had no information on that point.
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