President. no amount of Soviet Government double talk or phony judicial processes can justify the imprisoning of any individual for expressing his or her religious or political beliefs. And yet. like so many other Soviet citizens. Ida Nudel lives behind bars for her purely humanitarian actions. Idas plight began when she first applied for an emigration visa in May 1971. along with her sister. Elena Fridman. and Elenas family. In 1972. Elena and her family were allowed to leave the Soviet Union. but Idas exist visa was refused. Since that time. her deeprooted desire to live in her cultural homeland. Israel. has been consistently denied for no legitimate reason.
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