Speech #960208999

Anatoly Shcharanskys fate is as bleak as ever. It has now been almost 2 years since the famous show trial that unjustly convicted and sentenced Anatoly Shcharansky to 13 years of labor for fabricated crimes. While the charges were "espionage and antiSoviet activities" it was clear that he was on trial for the crime of wanting to emigrate to Israel and for monitoring human rights abuses in the Soviet Union. We cannot allow the world to forget the Shcharansky case or that of countless other Soviet Jews who are suffering harassment. persecution and imprisonment for their simple desire to emigrate to Israel. Our appeals to the Soviet authorities on behalf of Anatoly Shcharansky will not cease until this innocent man is released and reunited with his courageous wife. Avital. in Israel.*