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From: krj@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Jackson)
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Subject: INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN ORLOV / SHCHARANSKY (revised)
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 11:50:14 EST
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(Brief Summary)

Dr. Yuri Orlov, physicist, and Dr. Anatoly Shcharansky, mathematician,
adopted as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, have
suffered 7 years of terrible prison conditions in the Soviet Union
because of their concern for Human Rights.  Both have been beaten
repeatedly by cell-mates chosen by prison authorities.  Both are now in
broken health and denied medical attention.

Orlov and Shcharansky are known, all over the world, to be test cases:
can an oppressive government continue to ignore public opinion?

This campaign should not be viewed as anti-Soviet or anti-communist:
our previous international Campaign published Bulletins denouncing the
way Uruguay tortured political prisoners.  This helped to free
Professor Massera, a leading member of the Communist Party in Uruguay.
We shall use the same methods to shame the USSR into releasing Orlov
and Shcharansky.  The goal of this campaign is purely humanitarian -- to
support our colleagues who find themselves in dire straights.

The campaign is directed by Henri Cartan, Ancien President de l'Union
Mathematique International, and Israel Halperin, Former Vice-President
of the Canadian Mathematical Society.  It is supported by over 79 Nobel
Laureates, many university presidents, church leaders, eminent persons
in all walks of life, and learned societies including The American
Psychiatric Association, the Committee on Human Rights of the National
Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.), S.I.A.M. (Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics), the New Zealand Mathematical Society, the
Norwegian Mathematical Society, and the New York Academy of Sciences.

We shall escalate the campaign until Orlov and Shcharansky are free.
If you would like to help, see the longer article with the same title
posted to net.general.  It describes how you can obtain further
information and suggests several ways in which you can assist the
campaign.