To those of us familiar with the case of my friend Naum Meiman. this will not come as a surprise. Naum and thousands like him have had their most basic human rights consistently violated. The denial of religious and press freedoms. and the refusal of exit visas. is deplorable. Tragically. these abuses are daily events in Soviet society. However. we may take hope from the increasing number of refuseniks who have recently received exit visas. It seems that the Soviet system does respond to our undying pressure. If the current trickle is to be turned into a flood. we must maintain our full commitment to this great human rights issue.