As a result of his outcry. he received an additional 5month sentence in solitary confinement. But his commitment was unfaltering as he endured physical and emotional abuse. As he was silenced by prisons and labor camps. his wife Avital. who had emigrated in 1974. fought for his release in the West. She spoke at hundreds of rallies in a courageous campaign for human justice which focused the worlds attention on the injustices her husband and other Jews suffered in the Soviet Union. On February 11. 1986. 13 years after applying to emigrate. and after over a decade of work dedicated to a human rights campaign which cost him his job and contact with his wife. Anatoly Shcharansky was released from the Soviet Union. I am pleased that earlier this week Anatoly Shcharansky and his wife were honored with the congressional gold medal.
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