On December 1. 1980. a court ordered him forcibly confined for an indefinite period to a special psychiatric hospital designated for those "who represent a special danger to society." although there is no evidence that Mr. Khailo posed such a threat. Mr. Khailo has been harassed for 17 years and repeatedly attacked in the local newspaper. His children were discriminated against in school and the eldest son was sent for psychiatric examinations several times. In 1977. his children stopped attending school for fear of victimization. In response to their situation the Khailos applied for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1974 and again in 1977 without success. Because of Mr. Khailos work with underground Baptist churches in the Soviet Union. he was sentenced by Soviet courts to undergo psychiatric evaluation.
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