Alexander Maryasin was fired from his executive position at a Riga. Latvia. manufacturing plant. Faina Maryasin was expelled from the university she was attending. The family has been jobless since then and has struggled to survive from day to day. Last year. in desperation. the Maryasins conducted a hunger strike in an attempt to bring their plight to the attention of Soviet authorities. In spite of their repeated and determined efforts to emigrate to Israel. they have so far failed. The Maryasins first applied for exit permission in 1973. and I became involved in the case in 1977. Since that time.
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