Although Soviet authorities offered to release him If he would sign an admission of guilt. he refused. His family membars and friends protested and they were attacked. Later. a Soviet official said that the Jewish activist had been released. In spite of that claim. he remains in the infamous Chistopol prison. He may have gone on a hunger strike. Mr. Begun Is a 56yearold mathematician who applied to emigrate to Israel In 1971. Twelve years later. he was sentenced on charges of antiSoviet slander to 7 years in a work camp and 5 in internal exile. We can all understand why his family wanted to win his freedom.
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