Speaker. the life of Jewish and human rights minority activists in the Soviet Union is one of suffering and degradation. As concerned Americans. we are continually shocked at the attitude of the Russian Government. Officials there have consistently ignored the human rights of certain individuals in their country by denying citizens the right to emigrate to Israel and to other free nations. Iosef Mendelevich. Yuri Federov. and Aleksie Murzhenko were refused permission to emigrate to other countries. Because of the intolerance on the part of the Soviet officials. these 3 men and 10 other colleagues chartered a plane to fly to Israel on June 15. 1970. Upon arriving at the airport. all were arrested for allegedly hijacking an airplane and. simultaneously.
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