Central America. and other areas. Yet as our awareness is heightened we must not forget the continuing mistreatment of Soviet Jews. The Soviet Union has never afforded its Jewish citizens their rights to speech. assembly. religion. and emigration. As recently as 6 years ago. there was a glimmer of hope. In 1979. over 51.000 Jews were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. They had been granted subqtantially greater rights than ever before. In the last 6 years. however. the number of Jews allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union has declined tremendously. Last year. only 896 left. the lowest number in over 15 years. If the current trend continues. substantially fewer than this number will leave. In addition to a reduction in emigration. there has been a disturbing increase in the number of arrests of those active in the Jewish cultural movement. More and more Jews have been searched. followed. dismissed from their jobs. and otherwise harassed. Mr.
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