When he was tried in a closed courtroom. he was charged with the circulation of fabrication known to be false which defame the Soviet State and social system. For those "crimes." he was sentenced to 2 V2 years in a labor camp. Geishis was arrested on July 14. 1980. on the charge of draft evasion. He was subsequently sentenced to 2 years in a labor camp. His problems followed his application for emigration on December 4. 1978the same day he was expelled from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute for Communications. where he was a second year student. Mr. Speaker. I am pleased that these men have at least survived their ordeals in the Soviet labor camps to be able to return home to their family and friends. but as we ponder their situations today. let us continue to keep their stories and dreams alivedreams of living as Jews in Israel. where they can rightfully practice their religious faith freely.e
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