This group has helped to provide the impetus for human rights activists to demand not only that the Kremlin uphold the human rights guaranteed by the Soviet Constitution. the Helsinki final act. and other international human rights declarations and covenants. but also to assert that the Western democracies have a solemn responsibility to support the struggle for achievement of human rights of Ukrainians and other peoples living under Soviet domination. Despite the Geneva summit. the Soviet Union continues to violate the human rights provisions of the Helsinki final act and other international human rights agreements by denying its citizens freedom of speech. press. assembly. association. religion. fair trial. and many others. Through intensive russification. ethnocide. repression. and imprisonment the Soviets have endeavored to smother all manifestations of national identity. They have also denied the rights of family reunification and emigration. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. I have conducted extensive hearings and investigations of the human rights situation in the Soviet Union.
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