For the past 5 years Sakharov and Bonner have endured a cruel. destructive. and illegal banishment that has damaged their health and caused them to engage in hunger strikes as a means to force the authorities to alter their treatment and isolation. When we think about this valiant couple. we need to remind ourselves that they are speaking for many thousands of other Soviet citizens who suffer under that government. We honor Sakharov and Bonner and we express our growing concern for their well being and in doing this we also remember the many others in the U.S.S.R. who seek the right to speak. to read. to practice their religion and to emigrate.0
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