Dr. Brailovsky and his family have been harassed by the Soviets. They have been repeatedly denied permission to emigrate to Israel. The doctor himself was arrested several times and spent 11 months in jail before his final sentencing to 5 years of internal exile. Brailovskys last arrest occurred just after the opening of the 1981 Madrid Conference on EastWest Cooperation called to reaffirm signatory nations commitment to the Helsinki accords. This action. in addition to many others. revealed the Soviet stance: that the Soviet Jews could not place any hope in the Helsinki Pact and the human rights it upheld. They would not be able to emigrate even though. the Soviet Union had committed itself to upholding such a right by signing the Helsinki accords. At the beginning of this year. after 12 years of imprisonment. Brailovsky was dealt further injustice when he was refused a remission of sentence for good behavior.
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