Various experimental treatments. however. are available to him in the West. His brother. Leon. who lives in Massachusetts after emigrating from the Soviet Union several years ago. is trying to have his brother join him in the United States. He began a vigil outside of the Soviet Embassy in Washington in the hope of persuading Soviet authorities to approve Benjamins release. Benjamins wife and soninlaw began a hunger strike in their Moscow apartment to protest the Soviet Unions refusal to let Dr. Charny emigrate. This is not just a case of the Soviet Union refusing to comply with the Helsinki accords. which it signed over 10 years ago. This is a matter of life and death for Benjamin Charny. I urge General Secretary Gorbachev in the strongest possible terms to be consistent with his policy of glasnost and grant all refuseniks their legal right to emigrate. But. in particular. I want to urge General Secretary Gorbachev to let Benjamin Charny emigrate so he can join his brother and seek the medical treatment he so desperately needs.
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