Shukhevych has been subjected to torture. harassment. and more than 30 years of incarceration. His entire adult life iias been spent in Soviet prisons and labor camps. all due to his "guilt by association." Shuknevych is a tragic example of the Soviet persecution of minors who have refused to denounce their parents. and are therefore held responsible for their parents political beliefs and activities. In August 1948. Soviet authorities arrested Shukhevych. after deporting his mother and executing his uncle. When he refused to disassociate himself from his father and his politics. Yuriy was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a special threeman council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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