Dr. Brailovskys crime was being born a Jew in a nation devoted to the most virulent form of antisemitism. He compounded that crime by seeking to emigrate to Israel along with his wife Irina. also a scientist. He erred most grieviously by pressing his caseasserting the rights that in every truly civilized nation are considered a birthright of all humanityand now he has been called to pay for those crimes. Dr. Brailovsky has sought exit visas from the Soviet Union. for his wife and himself. since 1972. In those 9 years he has become increasingly vocal in his protests against the Soviet Government. and he has been increasingly harassed and persecuted by that Government. In 1974 he was imprisoned for 2 weeks. for trying to arrange an international session of the Moscow Seminar of Jewish Scientistsa group he founded to keep his fellow persecuted scientists aware of new developments in their fields. to which the Soviet Government has systematically denied them access.
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