Mr. Speaker. March 15. 1980. sadly marks an unhappy anniversary for Anatoly Shcharansky3 years ago he was arrested. "tried." and imprisoned for alleged crimes against the Soviet state. In reality. we all know that his only crime against the Soviet Union was his desire to emigrate and to help others emigrate to Israel. To this day. efforts to secure his release have been unsuccessful. When I addressed the House on the first anniversary of his arrest in 1978. I expressed my strong disapproval of the Soviets blatant violation of his human rights in violation of the U.N. Charter and the Helsinki accord.
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