Last week. in this Chamber. I spoke about the plight of Vladimir and Maria Slepak. Soviet Jewish refuseniks who have been waiting for nearly 10 years to emigrate to Israel to join their two sons. Two years ago in June. out of desperation. the Slepaks held a banner outside their window protesting the denial of their right to emigrate. For this action. Vladimir was sentenced to 5 years in Siberian exile. Coincidentally. on that same day in June 1978. the Slepaks good friend Ida Nudel anparentlv also reached the same degree of desperationbrought on by 7 years of refusalsand she. too. hung a banner outside her apartment window demanding that she be allowed to emigrate. As a result. Ida was sentenced to 4 years of internal exile.
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