Today I want to remind the House that in 1978 Vladimir Slepak. a Moscow radio and television engineer. was arrested and given a 5year sentence by a Soviet court. The Soviets did this because Vladimir and his wife. Maria. had spoken out and demanded the right to emigrate and join their sons in Israel. Vladimir Slepak first sought permission to emigrate in 1970 and as a result. he and his family have been the target of systematic harassment by the Soviets for a number of years. Vladimir has been fired from numerous jobs. he has been searched. beaten. and over the years. he has been arrested and jailed some 25 times for periods of 10 to 15 days but Vladimir and Maria continued the fight. In 1976.
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