Kukabaka spent 6 years in various Soviet psychiatric prisons for refusing to cooperate in Soviet elections. and for enlightening his coworkers of the tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Because he was always outspoken in his defense of human rights. he is today again in prison. serving out a 3year sentence for writing. among others. essays entitled "Human Rights and Detente are Indivisible." and "The Stolen Fatherland". Michal Kukabaka has renounced his Soviet citizenship. as he considers himself a Byelorussian. furthermore. he is hoping to emigrate to any country willing to accept him for what he isa man seeking freedom from political discrimination and one who only wants to practice his cultural and ethnic heritage in freedom. As he has no family whatever. it is up to us and the entire world community to come to his aid and speak out on behalf of him and the many other prisoners of conscience held captive in their own land. Mr.
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