The Soviet Union has a chance now more than ever to demonstrate that it is making a concerted effort to secure peace by releasing Shcharansky. Anatoly Shcharansky is the symbol of a fight for freedom that goes on in the Soviet Union. Arrested for doing nothing more than speaking the truth and requesting to emigrate to Israel in 1973. his trial became a spectacle through which the world openly saw the Soviets disregard for human rights. Shcharansky is currently serving a sentence of 13 years in brutal prison conditions and his health is steadily worsening. Despite the fact that during the past 7 years he has been held in solitary confinement much of the time. his voice is still heard in the Soviet Union and throughout the world.
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