Mr. Speaker. Ida Nudel. the Guardian Angel of the refuseniks in the Soviet Union. is continuing her 11year struggle to leave the Soviet Union and emigrate to Israel. On this special day of "International Solidarity with Ida Nudel." I join with my colleagues in bringing this tragic situation of the Soviet Unions continuing harassment of Ida Nudel and other religious activists to the attention of all people. Once again. it is evident that Ida Nudels tireless struggle to emigrate is being hindered and that the Soviet Government is trying to strangle her hope and spirit by placing yet another obstacle in her way. Now that she has returned to Moscow from Siberian exile. Ida Nudel finds that she is forced into the bureaucratic maze of the Soviet Unionthey have denied her residency permit in Moscow and the neighboring town of Riga. She literally has no place to live in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is clearly disavowing its signing of the Helsinki Final Act. in which it agreed to uphold certain fundamental human rights. among them. the rights to join family members living abroad and to emigrate to a historic homeland. Ida Nudel seeks to join her sister. her only close relative. in Israel. We need not ask how the Soviet leaders can sign a solemn agreement and not live up to it.
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