David Azbel and Ida Nudel ended their hunger strike last Friday, it was reported today by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. The SSSJ said it learned about this when it called Moscow to find out how the two Jewish activists were faring. According to the information the SSSJ received, Azbel ended his action after three weeks because he was too ill to continue. Ms. Nudel ended her action after one week because she felt that she had made her point known. Two other hunger strikers, Vitaly Rubin and Vladimir Galatsky ended their hunger strike last week. The four Moscow activists engaged in their action to protest against the refusal by Soviet authorities to grant them exit visas.
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