She never allowed concern about her own plight to inhibit her dangerous activities on behalf of other refusniks. Finally. on June 1. 1978. in utter desperation. she placed a banner outside her apartment window stating: "KGB. Give Me a Visa to Israel." For the Soviet authorities. this small act of defiance was too much. She was arrested that same day and charged with "malicious hooliganisn." What is seen in America as an everyday example of free speech. is considered a state crime in the Soviet Union. After a trial in which she was allowed no representation. nor any witnesses to testify on her behalf. she began her sentence of 4 years of internal exile.