Speaker. we must bring the weight of the international community to bear on the Soviet Union to cease this senseless persecution and abuse of basic human rights. Natan Shcharansky was released only as a result of the effective. sustained and coordinated pressure from all angles. These undying efforts are the sustenance of the refusnik movement. International solidarity feeds the courage and determination of the Soviet Jews themselves to fearlessly assert their identity and to seek the right to leave the U.S.S.R. The question remains though whether or not the release of Natan Shcharansky represents a fundamental policy shift regarding the Soviet attitude toward Jewish emigration. I maintain Mr. Speaker. that the Soviet Union long ago recognized the value of symbolic gestures in the human rights sphere.
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