Through our participation in this important vigil. we seek fulfillment of a promise made 5 years ago by 35 nations who offered both their signatures and their oaths in the name of fundamental human rights. My comments today are directed toward one of the signatory nations. the Soviet Union. which has flagrantly and repeatedly ignored its own pledge to this cause through its continuing policy of detainment of Soviet Jews who long for freedom of thought. speech. and action. Emigration out of the Soviet Union is the only path to freedom for all of these "prisoners of conscience." and this path continues to be obstructed by constant harassment. tactics resulting in social ostracism. and neglect on the part of Soviet emigration authorities. Because of these tragic realities. the Soviets have defaulted on their promise embedded in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975. and it is time for us to act as "creditors for freedom." and collect on this overdue nnta The victims for whom we must fight have themselves been fighting for many years on their own. Such is the case of Marat Osnis and his wife.
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