Mr. President. I join my distinguished colleagues in solemnly marking the third anniversary of the arrest by Soviet authorities of Anatoly Shcharansky. Mr. Shcharansky is a Soviet dissident whose only crime was to request to emigrate to Israel and assist others who voiced this desire. He received in response a cruel and unjust imprisonment in a Soviet labor camp. Mr. President. this third anniversary arrives at a time when the Soviet Union has once more demonstrated to the world its total disrespect for the rights of nations and individuals. The brutal Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. the ensuing massacre of Afghan citizens resisting this outright attempt at subjugation by force. has shocked the world.
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