Josef Begun. and others have won sympathy and support in the court of world opinion. Yet there are many more Soviet Jews who suffer for their beliefs. Only 1.315 Jews were allowed to join their families outside the Soviet Union in 1983. a dramatic decrease from the 34.758 who emigrated only 10 years earlier and the 51.000 of 5 years ago. Other religious groups in the Soviet Union also experience severe hardship. The Baptist Times of March 1. 1984. reported that several leading Baptists have been sentenced to new terms of confinement in camps before the completion of their original terms.
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