Speaker. the blatant hypocrisy of the Soviet Union in the case of Ida Nudelthe angel of Jewish dissident prisoners of conscienceis totally abhorrent. This courageous woman has just spent her 49th birthday alone in deplorable conditions in a Siberian work camp far away from her husband and sister in Israel whom she has long sought to join. Despite the fact that the Soviet Union has ratified the Final Act of security and cooperation in Europe as well as the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights. the Soviet Government has denied Ida Nudel the right to emigrate. has forced her out of her job. has convicted and sentenced her without a trial by jury. tortured her in jail and fundamentally threatened her right to life. liberty and security. By contravening the international legal provisions proclaiming the right to life. liberty and security. the right to be free from torture and arbitrary arrest. the right to trial by jury. the right to freedom of thought and conscience. and the right to emigrate to join ones family that are to be applied regardless of religion. nationality. race or sex. the Soviet Union has severely demigrated fundamental human rights and freedoms. Sadly. Ida Nudel exemplifies the situation of thousands of Soviet Jewish families. I only hope that in reiterating the deep concern which the Members of this House expressed last November in adopting House Concurrent Resolution 202urging the Soviet Union to permit this woman to emigrate to Israelthat we can enjoin the Soviets to release her as quickly as possible.*
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