It is because of his insistence that the Soviet Union accord those rights to all its citizens. that he now sits in prison. at 35 years of age. guilty of nothing more than striving for his rights as a human being. Anatoly Shcharansky is a founding member of the Soviet Committee for the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords. and he worked tirelessly to achieve the open communication called for in those accords which have been signed by 35 countries. including the United States and the Soviet Union. Shcharansky asked to emigrate to Israel to join his wife in 1974. He persisted in pursuing his request after being denied. He was arrested. charged with treason and after a closed 5minute trial was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
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