Brodsky. a physician by profession. was singled out by a group with some leverage in Moscowthe International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. the group which won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The team announced in May that Brodsky would be released. Yet it took until midSeptember for him to be released from prison and taken to get a visa. Unfortunately. only a tiny minority of those Soviet citizens being persecuted for their religious beliefs and cultural practices are lucky enough to be adopted by a group with such influence. The others must wait out their terms in prison and labor camps. isolated from their families. often restricted from even corresponding with them.