Speaker. this past January I visited the Soviet Union. I met with many refuseniks and was appalled by the constant fears with which they live: Relentless harassment. the everpresent threat of arrest. and the continuing attempts to deny their human dignity. They suffer immense hardships and perpetual repression. their crime being their quest for religious freedom and the right to emigrate. The Soviet Union has guaranteed these and other fundamental rights by signing both the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Helsinki accords. Yet. the Soviet Union has clearly failed to abide by their oath to uphold these principles.
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