Shcharansky is being brutally persecuted for his refusal to submit to the vicious human rights abuses prevalent in the Soviet Union. In 1975. the Soviets became party to the Helsinki Final Act. a powerful document pledging signatory states to protect the human rights of their citizens. Shcharansky. who was refused permission to emigrate to Israel in 1973. openly supported the Final Act and its provisions on emigration and family reunificationhis wife emigrated to Israel in 1973. In spite of the obvious risks. he spoke with foreign correspondents about the reality of the human rights situation as opposed to the promises of Gromykos signature on the Helsinki document. A long period of harassment by Soviet police ensued.
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