Speaker. I wish to join with my colleagues in expressing my strong feelings on behalf of Ida Nudel. the "Guardian Angel" of Soviet Prisoners of Conscience. On this World Day of Protest. it is appropriate that we join in demanding that the Soviet leaders permit Ida Nudel who remains a symbol of hope for the 3V2 million Jews in the Soviet Union who wish to emigrate to Israel to rejoin their loved ones. This strongwilled. softspoken woman has devoted her life to helping ease the conditions of other Prisoners of Conscience. and has fought against the Kremlins unrelenting persecution and oppression of Soviet Jews. Her desperation to leave for Israel in the face of continued Soviet refusal to grant her exit permission led her to hang a banner outside of her Moscow apartment in June 1978 with a simple plea. "KGB. Give Me My Visa." Soviet authorities responded by giving her 4 years of exile in Siberia. for her humanitarian request which they labeled as "malicious hooliganism." Ida Nudel. the only Jewish woman now held in the Soviet Union as a "Prisoner of Conscience." is one of the most courageous fighters for freedom from the heartless Soviet regime. She has gained worldwide recognition and admiration as she continues to speak out against the injustices and inhumanities that the U.S.S.R. is perpetrating against its own people. The case of Ida Nudel. whose only request is to live where she wishes. is just one example of the harsh actions by the Kremlin.
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