Two such men are Yuri Federov and Alexei Murzhenko who have been imprisoned in the Perm labor camp since 1970 because of their attempts to fly an airplane to Israel. Thirteen years have passed since these men went to prison for this offense. It is difficult for us as U.S. citizens to fully understand the plight of those being denied the right to emigrate and being imprisoned by the Government of the Soviet Union with seemingly no hope of freedom. Both Yuri Federov and Alexei Murzhenko are suffering from serious illnesses and are being denied proper medical treatment. They have a remaining 2 to 3 years to serve in the labor camp.
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