The Jewish prisoners sentenced in the first group trials in Leningrad in 1970 are free except for three. Yosef Mendelovitch. and two Christian colleagues. Uri Federov and Aleksei Murzhenko who cast their fate with the Refuseniks. These three. who have suffered the longest. deserve a special effort because they live under even more terrible conditions than other Prisoners of Conscience. As their friends were released. and their relatives emigrated to Israel. they have become almost totally isolated. We must not forget their cause. In addition to the three above mentioned prisoners. the Soviets have refused to allow four Refuseniks who have already completed their prison sentences to leave for Israel many months after their release.
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