Ida Nudel. prior to her imprisonment. had been subjected to a nonstop campaign of harassment for 7 years. A false press campaign sanctioned by the authorities was undertaken to impugn her character and brand her a criminal. Her applications for an emigration visa were repeatedly denied. Finally. in 1978. Ida Nudel was charged with "malicious hooliganism." the states code word for a dissenter. In a sham of a trial. she was convicted. The real basis of her conviction was the hanging of a banner from her window requesting the authorities to give her her visa. It is unimaginable that anyone in this day and age could be sentenced for an action which we in this country view as a natural right. Throughout her entire ordeal of arrest. trial. harassment. and exile in Siberia for the past 4 years.
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