I am fasting today for Victor Brailovsky. a refusenik who has recently been released from 3 years of internal exile in the Soviet Union. Brailovsky. a scientist. was sentenced for what Soviet officials called fabrications which defame the Soviet state and social system. The "fabrication" for which he was prosecuted was his accusing the Soviets of antiSemitism. Victor Brailovskys arrest and exileand the decade of persecution he has suffered at the hands of Soviet authoritiesinitially stem from his seeking the right to emigrate. Since applying for an exit visa in 1972. Victor Brailovskys telephone and mail service has been curtailed. his apartment placed under KGB surveillance. and both he and his wife. Irina. have been fired from their jobs.
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