The National Conference on Soviet Jewry said Thursday it has learned that the appeal of Dr. Losif Begun who had been sentenced to two years in exited on charges of “parasitism,” has been rejected by the Soviet authorities. Begun, who was dismissed from work soon after applying to emigrate is expected to be hospitalized soon, as he has been on a hunger strike, protesting the charge and the sentence which was handed down by a Soviet court last month. The appeal was held behind closed doors.
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