A New York Criminal Court judge, acting “in the interests of justice,” today dismissed charges against three rabbis, two journalism students and the national coordinator of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) who were arrested while staging a sit-in at the Soviet Mission to the United Nations here last month.
The charges dismissed by Judge Maxwell Sayah were related to “Operation Redemption,” a series of non-violent civil disobedience actions at the offices of Soviet institutions here to protest the “new spiritual genocide” of Soviet Jews, an SSSJ spokesman said. So far, 250 persons including more than 125 rabbis have been detained by police in five separate actions since January.
The spokesman said the next action is planned for Sunday, April 14, at 11 a.m. at the Soviet diplomatic residence in Riverdale.
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