Speaker. today we have the opportunity to issue a strong statement on the persecution of American citizens travelling in communist countries. Mr. Pjeter Ivezaj. a U.S. citizen from the Detroit area. has been sentenced by Yugoslav authorities to 7 years in prison for peacefully demonstrating near the Yugoslav Embassy here in Washington 5 years ago. In addition. two other naturalized Americans from Yugoslavia have been arrested in the past month and are being held in Yugoslavia with no charges specified. This outrageous treatment of American citizens cannot continue. Although these cases have not received nearly the same media coverage as that of the Daniloff case. the injustice that they are suffering is certainly no less than that experienced by Mr.
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