Inna Mizrukhin. have waited with their young son since 1976 to leave the U.S.S.R. They have been denied permission on grounds that Lev once had access to classified information while in the army. but this is a groundless reason. completely. In February 1977. they were among six Jews in Kiev who took part in a demonstration at the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet to demand that written reasons be given for all denials of exit visas. No untoward incidents occurred at that time. However. in April 1977. Inns. a physician. was beaten up twice in 1 day by attackers who threatened that if she persisted with her application for emigration she could expect more trouble. When the police were summoned by a passerby. Inna reported: "They merely went through the motions of looking at their identity cards and took no further action." Undaunted. her husband. several days later. was 1 of 7 in Kiev who embarked on a 5day hunger strike to protest their continued refusals. In a recent appeal. Lev wrote: On the 26th of August 1976. we had applied for exit visas to Israel. On November 2. we were refused the permission to emigration on the "grounds" of my "having access to classified information while In the army." In 19731974 I have served as a private in a construction battalion. building a swimming pool. which cant be regarded as a "top secret" project. Neither did I receive any clearance before. in and/or after my service in the army. My constant and thoroughly motivated complaints and applications to the authorities stating how ludicrous my refusal was. has been of no avail.
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