The mothers of 11 refuseniks in the Soviet Union ended their hunger strike Sunday, its fifth day, when three of them collapsed. They had been protesting outside the Prime Ministers Office over the continued refusal by the Soviet authorities to grant visas to their families to join them in Israel.
Meanwhile, 72 Jewish women in Moscow began a protest hunger strike which they said would last six days, concurrent with the International Mothers’ Week celebrations. In Vienna, Ilana Friedman began a hunger strike in support of her sister, Ida Nudel, who has been denied permission to join her in Israel.
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