Now in his seventh year of imprisonment. Mr. Shcharansky is In poor health. More than 10 years after Soviet authorities first denied his request to emigrate from the country. Mr. Shcharansky holds strongly to his dream to emigrate to Israel. His wife. Avital. has worked tirelessly for her husbands release. She has met with leaders around the world seeking help and assistance for her husband and for other Soviet Jews who are currently in prison. labor camp or exile and who have been refused permission to emigrate. I have met with Mrs. Shcharansky several times in Washington and once in Jerusalem.
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