I have sent a letter to Chairman Andropov. requesting the Soviet Government to clarify the status of both Shcharanskys health and his hunger strike. and once again requested that the Soviets allow Anatoly to be released from prison and to be reunited with his dear wife. Avital. in Israel. As we mark this unhappy 35th birthday of Anatoly. who is halfway around the world dying for this devotion to human rights. let us pledge not to forget him and his family. and the other Prisoners of Conscience who have given so much in their valiant fight in focusing world attention on their noble causethe right to emigrate and to be reunited with their families. They speak out for the hundreds of other Soviet Prisoners of Conscience. and the thousands of Jews and other Soviet refuseniks who are being denied these basic human rights. Unless the Soviet Government relents and releases Anatoly. we will soon be marking another sad anniversary on March 15the sixth anniversary of Anatolys arrest.
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