They are merely experiencing some of glasnosts side effects. The struggle for human rights and human dignity continues as it did before. There has been a rise in the number of Soviet Jews granted emigration permits. from 914 in 1986 to 3.092 for the first half of 1987. But this still contrasts sharply with the more than 50.000 who were allowed to emigrate in 1979. Although most of the Soviet Jewish prisoners of conscience have been released. those who were incarcerated should never have been arrested in the first place. Moreover. the new Pamyat movement gaining prominence in the Soviet Union at this time does indeed appear to be antiSemitic.
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