For example. the current regime continues to use internment in psychiatric hospitals as punishment for dissidents and free thinkers. Perfectly sane individuals are forcibly committed to such facilities. resulting in the deterioration of their mental and physical health. and sometimes in their death. Thousands of citizens remain in the Soviet Union. despite their wish to join relatives abroad. The Soviet Government continues to deny its citizens. particularly Jews. exit permission from the country. claiming that the vast majority of those who wished to emigrate have already done so. Paradoxically. those who apply to leave and are forced to stay. face mental and physical harassment while they remain in the country. The situation of religious believers also remains grim.
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