He said. "I was trained to work with the living. but they will only let me work with the dead." Dr. Nashpitz is not alone in his struggle for basic human freedom. Thousands of Soviet Jews apply each year for emigration vizovs. only to be denied their requests and further persecuted for ther attempt to gain freedom. The number of Soviet Jews granted emigration vizovs has sharply and steadily declined from 51.320 in 1979 to only 896 last year. So far this year. less than 150 Soviet Jews have been allowed to leave the Soviet Union. This drastic decline in numbers of emigrants only proves that the Soviets are unconcerned about the rights of many of their own citizens. We recall that January 20 was Anatoly Shcharanskys 37th birthday. a day he spent in a cold. dank prison. and that March 15 marked the eighth anniversary of his arrest by Soviet authorities. Anatoly Shcharansky still has 5 years to serve in a 13year prison sentence. which resulted from a false accusation of being an agent of the United States and a subsequent charge of treason.
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