The Slepaks case may be familiar to you because their son. Alexander. held a 17day hunger strike here in Washington to protest the lifetime refusal given to his parents. Vladimir Slepak has been targeted by. the Soviets because he is one of the founders of the Soviet Jewry emigration movement and. largely. because of his effort. over 260.000 Jews have been permitted to leave the Soviet Union. Since he began his humanitarian activism in the 1960s. his home has been repeatedly raided and searched. Many of his belongings have been confiscated. his telephone disconnected and electronic bugs installed in his walls.
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