Yet his struggle is one that should engage the concern of all of civilized mankind. His name is Benjamin Charny. It is the name on the button I am wearing. Mr. Charny is a 49yearold mathematician. who lives with his wife and family in Moscow. Benjamin Charny is a refusenika prisoner of conscience who. more than 15 years after leaving a laboratory job. is being denied permission to leave the Soviet Union ostensibly on the grounds that he is a security risk because of his special knowledge. Yet. at least one of Charnys colleagues. we know. from the same laboratory. has been permitted to emigrate. in 1981. Mr. President.
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