Now he is serving a 13year prison term for merely exercising rights that we take for granted in this country. Millions of his fellow countrymen and women. though inspired by Shcharanskys courage. still languish under the system that judged him and his ideas too dangerous to be allowed free expression. If anything. conditions are worse today in the Soviet Union for those wanting to practice the Jewish faith or emigrate from that nation than was the case when Shcharansky was placed under arrest. In the last 2 years alone. several disturbing actions have been taken. Already difficult. the emigration process was made even more so by new measures. Those willing to tackle the maze of regulations between them and emigration to a friendlier land are subject to harassment. dismissal from their jobs or even imprisonment. The number of Jewish emigrants has slowed to a trickle in the years since detente. Jewish culture has been further repressed and a massive propaganda effort has been launched. An "AntiZionist Committee of the Soviet Public" now exists.
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