Mart Niklus was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor plus 3 years of exile for sending photographs depicting Soviet reality to the West. Released in 1966 because of his deteriorating health. Niklus was subjected to constant harassment and interrogation because of his activities in monitoring the Helsinki process. In March of 1980 he was denied permission to emigrate to Sweden and was arrested in April. In January he was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor plus 5 years of internal exile. Since August he has staged a hunger strike and has vowed to continue regardless of the consequences for his health or. indeed. his life.
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