Ogurtsovs treasonable offense is that he organized a Christian human rights organization. the AllRussian Social Christian Alliance for the Liberation of the People [VSKhSON]. and that he was found guilty in a closed trial. Mr. Ogurtsov and his aging parents have received an invitation to come to the United States from a cousin who lives in the Washington. DC area. However. with the change in the Soviet laws. they can no longer seek to emigrate on the basis of family reunification. One has to wonder what human rights purpose has been served with the Soviet change in the law. I would suggest that none is served when such laws become more severe.
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