Mr. Speaker. I have asked permission for this very special order to bring to the attention of the Congress and the public the serious condition of a jailed leader of the Soviet refusenik movement. Dr. Viktor Brailovsky. Dr. Brailovsky was arrested last November 13 on trumpedup charges of "slandering the Soviet state." After 8 years of continuous harassment and persecution by Soviet authorities. including numerous imprisonments. interrogations. unannounced searches of his home. and the failure of officials to allow the family to emigrate. Dr. Brailovskys health has been dangerously deteriorating. When he was arrested and jailed last November. he was suffering from a liver ailment that required close medical attention.
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