Mr. Speaker. it is an outrage that Anatoly Shcharansky should still be imprisoned for his "crime" of being Jewish in the Soviet Union and wishing to emigrate to Israel to join his wife. Avital. from whom he has been separated since their wedding in July 1977. Shcharansky has been imprisoned for the past 5 years for no legitimate reason. His health has been failing. he is being held under hardship conditions. and in more than 1 year he has been allowed only one brief visit from members of his immediate family. Yet Anatoly Shcharansky continues to believe that he has a right to maintain his own faith. in spite of the punishment that has been levied on him for clinging to this belief.
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