Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980195931

Mr. Speaker. I am very pleased that the House passed House Concurrent Resolution 304. urging the Soviet Union to allow Elena Bonner. the wife of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov. to emigrate. The latest action of the Soviet Government to silence Andrei Sakharov. Elena Bonner and other Soviet dissidents is inhuman and totally unacceptable. As I stand here. Andrei Sakharov is engaged in a hunger strike to press demands for badly needed medical treatment for his wife. who has suffered two heart attacks in recent months. It has now been reported that Mrs. Bonner has joined her husbands hunger strike. Not only has the Soviet Government prevented Mrs.
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emigrate

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
75%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
Unknown
Party
Chamber
State
Gender
Date
1984-05-17
Speech ID
980195931
Paragraph
#0
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