Our celebration of Ukrainian independence. nearly seven decades later. is tempered by the realities of life today in Sovietoccupied Ukraine. where we face a struggle for the survival of the Ukrainian national. cultural. and religious identity. Members of the Helsinki Monitoring Groups in Ukraine remain in prison. The Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches are still suppressed. Emigration rates continue to remain low. despite the resolution of some highprofile cases. We know that for every Shcharansky who is freed. and for every Sakharov who is released from exile. there are countless others still suffering in the Soviet gulag. It is our responsibility to create a strong and aggressive world opinion against Soviet oppression and human rights abuses. and to force them to change their inhuman conduct.
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