Mr. Speaker. for a decade Ida Nudels resilience and conviction as a human rights activist in the Soviet Union has been an inspiration. In her efforts to emigrate to Israel and to guarantee Jewish rights in the Soviet Union. she has demonstrated the force of her indomitable spirit. The Soviet Government is clearly resolved to test that spirit without mercy. Since Ida applied for a visa to emigrate to Israel with her sister in 1971. she has been harassed. interrogated. tortured and imprisoned by Soviet officials. Finally. in 1978. in a desperate effort to publicize her plight. Ida placed a banner outside her apartment window which stated. "KGB. Give Me A Visa To Israel." This display led to her conviction on charges of "malicious hooliganism". for which she served 4 years in internal exile. Her term of 4 years ended last month. but the intense pressure placed on her by the Government did not. She was again denied permission to join her sister in Israel and was refused a permit to live in Moscow.
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