On the recordJuly 13, 1978
We are all sobered by this reminder that, so late in the 20th century, a person can be sent to jail simply for asserting his basic human rights.
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Anatoly Shcharanskiy Statement on the Sentence Announced at the Soviet Dissident's Trial
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