Aleksanders father complained to the appropriate authorities about the school situation. But despite their admonishment. a mathematics period was cancelled and a meeting of the Komsomal was held at which his classmates accused him of treason. When Aleksander tried to explain that emigration was legal under Soviet law. the students threatened to throw him out of the window. The officials who were present did not remonstrate. but gave "silent consent." Finally. on April 4. Aleksander was beaten up by his classmates in a school lavatory and sustained a fracture of the nasal bones. In September 1973. OVIRthe passport officerejected the Polotzks emigration application. Mr. Speaker. it is incumbent upon a free people to be concerned about these flagrant violations of a basic human right.
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