Helsinki Watch Committee. of the 100 or more people who openly Joined these groups in the Soviet Union. 51 are currently In prison. in psychiatric hospitals. in labor camps. or in internal exile. Four have died in prison. another was killed in a suspicious automobile accident. Another 20 have been incarcerated and released. Not surprisingly. these groups have had to abandon their tasks. Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union is the other area where the high hopes of the Helsinki era have been bitterly disappointed. After reaching a high of 51.000 in 1979. emigration has dwindled to a tiny fraction of that number. Last year. only 896 Jews were allowed to emigrate. So while I support the resolution. I want Mr.
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