Balys Gajauskas

Lithuanian politician

Balys Gajauskas

Member of Seimas of Lithuania
In office 1990–1992

Personal details
Born	(1926-02-24)24 February 1926 Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
Died	28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 91) Vilnius, Lithuania
Spouse	Irena Gajauskienė
Children	Gražina Gajauskaitė

Balys Gajauskas (24 February 1926 – 28 September 2017) was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. In 1978 he became a prisoner of conscience after being sentenced for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda" by the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR. Before that he had served a 25-year sentence for having participated in the Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance, being released in 1973.^[1]

References

^ Prisoners of Conscience in the USSR (published by Amnesty International, 1980, p. 14

Soviet dissidents

Human rights movement in the Soviet Union: Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR
Committee on Human Rights in the USSR
Solzhenitsyn Aid Fund
Moscow Helsinki Group
Ukrainian Helsinki Group
Lithuanian Helsinki Group‎
Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes
Helsinki-86
Memorial

v t e Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Abišala Aksomaitis Ambrazaitytė Ambrazevičius Andrikienė Andriukaitienė Andriukaitis Antanavičius Apšega Arlauskas Astrauskas Balcevič Baldišis Beinortas Beriozovas Bičkauskas Brazauskas Butkevičius Čepaitis Čobotas Degutis Dringelis Endriukaitis Gajauskas Gentvilas Genzelis Gerdaitytė Giniotas Glaveckas Grakauskas Grinius Gudaitis Hofertienė Iešmantas Ilgūnas Januška Jarašiūnas Jarmolenko Jasukaitytė Juknevičienė Juknevičius Jurgelis Juršėnas Kačinskas Karoblis Karvelis Katkus Klumbys Kolesnikovas Kropas Kudaba Kumža Kuzmickas Landsbergis Lapinskas Laurinkus Leščinskas Liaučius Lubys Mačys Malkevičius Milčius Minkevičius Miškinis Morkūnas Motieka Nedzinskienė Norvilas Okinčic Oželytė Ozolas Paleckis Paliūnas Pangonis Patackas Paulauskas Pečeliūnas Petrovas Pikturna Plečkaitis Poškus Povilionis Prapiestis Prunskienė Puplauskas Račas Ramonas Rasimavičius Ražauskas Razma Rimkus Rudys Rudzys Rupeika Sabutis Šadreika Saja Sakalas Šaltenis Saudargas Sėjūnas Šepetys Šerkšnys Šimėnas Šimėnas Simutis Stankevičius Survila Tamulis Taurantas Terleckas Tupikas Ulba Uoka Vagnorius Vaišvila Vaitiekūnas Valatka Valionytė Varanauskas Vilkas Zingeris Žalys Žiemelis

Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania