Moscow has ig. nored its commitment to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act on Security and Cooperation in Europe. This treaty calls for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Including freedom of thought. conscience. and religion. as well as the free flow of ideas and people across state borders. While Gorbachevs policy of glasnost. the Russian word for openness. has allowed the Soviet mass media to write about social ills of the Soviet Union. the Kremlin continues to harass. imprison. and even torture human rights activists. independent peace activists. religious believers. wouldbe emigrants. and free thinkers. Indeed. shortly before Sakharovs release. Anatoly Marchenko. a prominent human rights activist. died in prison after a long hunger strike.
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