Mr. Speaker. on Sunday. May 11. thousands of people will rally in New York City as an expression of solidarity with Soviet Jews who are denied the freedom to emigrate and practice their religion. This year. Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry will be cause for special celebration. In the past. Avital Shcharansky stood at the podium to plead for the release of her husband. dissident and human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky. Today. after 13 years imprisonment in the dark dungeons of the Soviet gulag. Anatoly Shcharansky is a free man. Through his courage and remarkable faith under extreme hardship. Shcharansky has become a symbol of hope to all those who struggle for human rights and freedom.
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