Despite this. he is certain to endure further suffering and despair as he faces several more years in prison. Like many of you. I am disturbed by the increasingly stringent Soviet response to individuals who seek exit visas. And I am concerned for those Soviet citizens who endure harassment and persecution by their neighbors and their government because they choose to practice their religious faith or seek to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Anatoly Shcharanskys continued imprisonment is an unwarranted and excessive display of Soviet disregard for these basic human rights. As Americans. we enjoy freedoms which most people around the world can only dream of. The freedom of worship and the right to emigrate are especially precious. I join my colleagues in calling upon the Soviet Union to honor its commitment to these principles as embodied in the Helsinki accords. and to recognize Anatoly Shcharanskys right to emigrate and join his wife in Israel. I urge his immediate release.e
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