Niklus. a highly educated and articulate individual. was first imprisoned in 1958 and sentenced in 1959 to 10 years of hard labor and 3 years of internal exile for sending photographs to a Western Journalist depicting conditions in Estonia. After his release 8 years later. he was forbidden to work at his profession. As a consequence. he was unable to secure employment commensurate with his training. education. and capability. From 197580 Mart Niklus was repeatedly imprisoned and his home searched. He was denounced in the Sovietcontrolled press and was denied permission to emigrate to Sweden. This rough treatment of Niklus severely affected his health. He was hospitalized in 1980 with radiculitis. but was prematurely released after pressure from the KGB.
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