Representative JACK KEMP. and the gentleman from Maryland. Representative STENY HOYER. for organizing this special order. While we applaud and rejoice in the release of Anatoly Shcharansky from Soviet captivity. we must continue. now more than ever. to encourage the Soviet Union to grant freedom to other Jews still denied the right to emigrate. We must not forget the more than 15.000 Soviet Jews who desire to leave the Soviet Union and be reunited with their families and loved ones in other countries. Many of these refuseniks. who have legally sought permission to emigrate. have been systematically persecuted and harassed by the Soviet Government under an antiSemitic environment. They have been denied the rights of religious expression and freedom of movement guaranteed to them by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. and the Helsinki Act. all of which the Soviet Union has signed. Also. as we celebrate the release of Mr.
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