Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970147152

Congressman BINGHAM and Congressman GREEN. to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky. On a number of occasions. I have alerted Secretary Haig to my concerns about Shcharansky and all other Soviet Jewswho are being persecuted in direct violation of the Helsinki accords. Last September. Shcharansky collapsed from hunger as a result of an extended stay in a punishment cell and was hospitalized for 33 days. Upon his release from the hospital. he was sent back to Chistopol Prison for 3 years. All of this. because he wishes to emigrate to Israel to be with his wife. Sadly. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES BLANCHARD
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
1982-03-16
Speech ID
970147152
Paragraph
#0
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