I fasted for my adopted Soviet refusenik. Dr. Yuri Tarnopolsky. an organic chemist from Kharkov. Ukrainian SSR. His only crime was making the decision to maintain his Jewish Identity and applying for an emigration visa. He has been sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp for slandering the Soviet state. I will continue to speak out for Yuri and Anatoly so that one day they. and all Soviet citizens. will have the same fundamental rights that we enjoy. I will continue to speak out until all Soviet refuseniks and prisoners of conscience. such as Anatoly Shcharansky and Yuri Tarnopolsky. have the freedom to emigrate.*
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