Anatoly Shcharansky. by the government of the Soviet Union. preventing him from Joining his wife in Israel. and Whereas. Anatoly Shcharansky has become an international symbol for freedom and human dignity because of his arrest for bravely reporting on the Soviet Unions violations of the terms of the Helsinki International Accords on Human Rights which it signed in 1975. and Whereas. despite seven years of torture and deprivation. Anatoly Shcharansky has clung to his principles. demanding that the Soviet Union abide by the Accords provisions calling for basic freedoms of speech. religion and emigration. and Whereas. it is fitting and proper for the citizens of Los Angeles County to do all in their power to express their concern for another human who is being held prisoner for upholding the finest traditions of human rights. justice and freedom: therefore. Be it resolved. That March 15. 1984. be proclaimed "Anatoly Shcharansky Freedom Day" throughout the County of Los Angeles and that on this day the seven million citizens of the County be encouraged to join in prayer for the freedom of Anatoly Shcharansky. so that he may join his wife.
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