I was honored to participate in the dawn to dusk fast in honor of Soviet dissident Vladimir Slepak. who is one of the most respected human rights advocates in the Soviet Union and was one of the first to spark the cry for freedom for Soviet Jews. For 14 years Vladimir Slepak has sought permission to leave the Soviet Union. Slepak has worked as a radio and television engineer. and. in June 1976 was a member of the group which monitored Soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords. In June 1978. he was arrested and tried for malicious hooliganism and was sentenced to 5 years of internal exile. His wife went with him to southeast Siberia. close to the Chinese/Mongolian border. Prior to his arrest. his home was bugged and burglarized and his family was beaten. Now more than a year later.
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