Mr. Speaker. I rise as a participant in the Second Congressional Fast and Prayer Vigil for Soviet Jewry. On this 14th anniversary of the Leningrad trials it is important that we remember not just the 11 men who were the victims of that injustice. but also the millions of Soviet Jews who have been denied the right to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Those within the Soviet Union who have chosen to protest this policy are often imprisoned or exiled internally. Specifically. I rise for one such individual. Fyodor Parasenkov. a Ukrainian. I am participating in the Fast and Prayer Vigil for Soviet Jewry on his behalf.
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