What the imposition of such staggering fees means is that thousands of Jews will be forced to remain in a country they wish to leave and in which they are deprived of ordinary civil rights. because they do not have the fortune to pay their own ransom. What it also means to these courageous people is the end of hope. Every one of us who believes in freedom must protest this action by. the Soviet Government. Their action is a clear violation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights which recognizes the basic right of emigration from ones own country. Their tactics. in fact. are in contravention of article 121 of the Soviet Constitution. which grants the right of free education to all Soviet citizens. But more than protests are necessarymere protests are not enough.
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