Mr. Speaker. I rise to Join my colleagues in this special order marking the fifth anniversary of Anatoly Shcharanskys imprisonment. Shcharansky submitted his first formal application for a visa to Israel in 1973. At the time. he was 25 years old and a computer programer at the Moscow Research Institute for Oil and Gas. The Soviet authorities rejected Shcharanskys application. on the grounds that he possessed classified information. For participating in a number of demonstrations protesting emigration restrictions. Anatoly was repeatedly detained and arrested. and was placed under constant surveillance. In 1976. Shcharansky helped found the Soviet Helsinki Watch Committee.
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