His trial was scheduled first for December. but it was finally held in early March. Just before the trial. 22 of our colleagues joined me in writing to President Leonid Brezhnev. We asked him to release Igor Guberman from prison and to allow him and his family to emigrate from the Soviet Union as they requested. Our efforts were unsuccessful and on March 11. we learned that Igor Guberman was sentenced to 5 years in a labor camp. Igor Gubermans case is only one of many examples of continuing harassment of Soviet citizens who have spoken out against the repression of religious freedoms and who have applied for permission to leave the Soviet Union.
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