This petition is addressed to Members of the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament and describes the prison conditions for Anatoly Shcharansky and Josef Begun and a recently adopted law granting prison officials authority to extend the length of time prisoners must serve. Both Shcharansky and Begun are serving prison terms for socalled "criminal acts." but we. in the West. know that they are really being persecuted solely for their commitment to their religious faith. and for their desire to emigrate from the U.S.S.R. Recently reports from the Soviet Union indicate that both of these men are in need of medical attention which the prison authorities have not adequately provided them. Equally distressing is the adoption of the law to give prison officials additional responsibilities in administering punishments to their prisoners.
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