The circumstances surrounding the trial are not pleasant nor do they Indicate a relaxation of the policy of harassment of Soviet Jews. The information follows: Sovrr JEWRY Isaac Shkolnik is a Soviet Jew. He sought to emigrate to Israel under his rights guaranteed by article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which the Soviet Union is a signatory and which states. "Every person has the right to leave any country. including his own. and to return to his country." Today. Isaac Shkolnik is standing trial in the Soviet Union for the charge of treason under Article 64 of the Soviet criminal code. It is a charge punishable by death or by 10 to 15 years imprisonment with confiscation of property and with or without additional exile for 2 to 5 years.
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