Vladimir was sentenced to 5 years of internal exile in Siberia for hanging a sign from his apartment window pleading for the right to join his sons in Israel. Today. as we meet. Vladimirs son Alexander is staging a hunger strike in front of the Capitol. Alexander Slepak. a constituent of mine. is a husband. father. and medical student. He is making this courageous stand to demonstrate the cruelty of the Soviet system that has kept him separated from his parents for these many years. The strike will last for 17 days. 1 day for each year that his parents have been denied the right to emigrate. I urge my colleagues to support Alexander in his strike to gain his parents freedom.
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