I have been speaking out on behalf of Soviet dissident scientist. Viktor Brailovsky for over 4 years now. Today. I do so with even greater urgency. Viktor is being held in jail and is being denied medical treatment he desperately needs for a serious liver ailment. His arrest stemmed from his participation in the editing of a journal of Jewish life in Russia which was not officially sanctioned. Brailovsky. a noted Soviet physicist. has been continuously harassed since he and his family first applied for an exit visa to Israel 9 years ago. In spite of this cruelty. Viktor has courageously maintained an active role in the refusenik community.