Alexander Paritsky was tried. convicted. and sentenced to 3 years of prison last week in a Soviet court on charges of slander against the Soviet state. The Paritsky family has long been a target of Soviet KGB harassment. Paritsky was a leader in the Jewish community of Kharkov in the Ukraine where his only real "crime" was his desire to emigrate with his family to Israel. Since 1976. when Paritsky first applied to emigrate to Israel. he and his family have been subjected to persistent harassment from KGB officials. In 1977. he was taken to KGB headquarters. interrogated. and threatened. and told to end his involvement in the Kharkov Jewish University. an institution which he helped found. Alexanders professional credentials as a doctor of ocean electronics were then stripped from him and the Soviet Government began publishing articles in the Kharkov newspaper accusing him of black marketeering. racism. and propagandizing against the Soviet Union.
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