Mr. Speaker. I wish to bring the plight of losif Begun. a prisonerofconscience in the Soviet Union. to the attention of our colleagues. Mr. Begun applied for permission to emigrate to Israel In 1971. Permission was denied and Mr. Begun was stripped of his Job. As the Soviet Government would not employ him. Mr. Begun began to give Hebrew and Jewish culture lessons. For this he was attacked in the media and arrested in 1977 for not being employed. After a 2year exile in Siberia. Mr. Begun was arrested again for returning to his home without a residence permit. Following 3 years of internal exile and a brief period of freedom.
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