Mr. Speaker. it is very difficult for an American to understand the plight of a person such as Anatoly Shcharansky. How can we understand the imprisonment of a person for 15 years because he wanted to emigrate from his native land? Anatoly Shcharansky remains in prison. in ill health. He has never been a threat to the Soviet police state. but wanted only to leave to join his wife in Israel. Last September he collapsed and was hospitalized for 33 days. then returned to prison. The situation of Anatoly Shcharansky describes the condition of Soviet society. Thousands are in prisons or remote labor camps because they voiced dissent.
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