I want to commend the gentlewoman for her long enduring. courageous struggle on behalf of Ida Nudel. and on behalf of other Soviet citizens who have long sought release. and commend the gentlewoman for arranging this special order so that. along with her. many of our colleagues can express themselves with regard to this very important cause. Mr. Speaker. it was only recently that I called to the attention of my colleagues the continuing plight of Ida Nudel. whose 11year struggle to emigrate to Israel from the Soviet Union has resulted in a long and difficult struggle. Today I am pleased to join my colleagues in dedicating this day as the day of international solidarity with Ida Nudel. When I last addressed the cause of Ida Nudel. it was to once again urge that Ida be released from the Soviet Union. and allowed to emigrate to Israel. where her family has long awaited her. After 4 years of exile in Siberia. Ida Nudels imprisonment ended in April of this year. Upon her return to Moscow she was met with further harassment and was informed by the Soviet authorities that she would have to report periodically to local police. Ida has now been denied a permit to live in Moscow. Not only is Ida forbidden to emigrate to Israel. to join her sister Elena and to live among loved ones. she is also forbidden to live in her former neighborhood. the place where her remaining ties are. and with which she is most comfortable and familiar. After Ida was denied a permit to live in Moscow. she temporarily assumed residence in Riga. the capital of the Latvian S.S.R. Again. she was refused residency. and reports indicate that she continues to move from place to place. attempting to secure a residents permit and being forced to sleep on benches in train stations.
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