Berman has been brutally beaten by prison officials of the Nikolayav city prison and held in a psychiatric facility where he was forced to take mindaltering tranquilizers. On October 9. 1989. the District Local Court in Nikolayav sentenced Dmitri to 10 years In a prison labor camp. The sentence came as a result of a "confession." On July 22. 1990. the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence against Berman. and he and his family applied for exit visas in order to emigrate to Israel. The applications for exit to Israel were approved and the family was scheduled to leave the Ukraine on January 4. 1991. During the final preparation for this trip. his papers were confiscated and he was told that his criminal case had been reopened for further Investigation and that the 1990 appellate court decision dismissing his case had been canceled.
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