Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960186810

Finally even the protective shield of his internal reputation was pierced by Soviet censorship. And so Andrei Sakharov has been sent to a restricted area. But there will be other Sakharovs. You can banish one man. but you cannot banish all men. You cannot banish ideas and thoughts. and you cannot banish human rights. Over the past year I have had several communications and discussions with Soviet officials about dissidents and family reunification cases. and the Soviets were responsive to some of my inquiries. In several cases exit visas were granted. Therefore. in view of those recent signs of progress. I am particularly saddened and troubled to see this turn of events.
Keywords matched
family reunification visas

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BYRD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960186810
Paragraph
#0
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