Because of our respect for individual liberty. we do not stop at condemning the total. faceless tyranny that afflicts humanity from the Baltic to the Pacific. We tell the story for individuals trapped in that enormous police state. Today I bring to your attention the case of Mikhail Kazachkov. of Moscow. who has been imprisoned for 6 years. He was refused permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1975. and in 1976 was sentenced to 15 years for "betraying the motherland." Three more years were added to his sentence in 1979 after he staged a hunger strike to protest denial of correspondence. Mr. Kazachkov is guilty of no crime under any civilized definition of criminal activity.
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