Relative of Mark Nashpitz and Boris Tsitlionok, the two Moscow activists who were sentenced to five years of exile in Siberia after demonstrating near the Kremlin last February, have appealed to have the case reopened, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported today. The authorities have accepted the documents and a decision is expected in about three weeks.
The NCSJ also reported that Anatoly Malkin, 21, of Moscow, who was detained last week will probably be charged with draft evasion, Malkin, who is being kept in isolation, applied for an exit visa in July 1974 and was expelled from his third year at the university which made him liable for conscription. The NCSJ noted that for a young Jew, service in the army means postponing his departure for seven years because he cannot be given an exit visa for five years following the mandatory two years of military service.
The NCSJ reported that Alexander Slunim, who is serving a three-year sentence for refunding to serve in the army has been deprived of his right to receive visitors. It reported further that in the Moscow suburb of Babushkin, Jews seeking to apply for emigration were told to go home because “emigration is finished.” In another region, applicants were told their invitations from relatives in Israel to come there were forged. Stanley H. Lowell, chairman of the NCSJ said the new tax aimed at harassing Soviet Jews and these reports from local regions are an indication of worsening conditions faced by Soviet Jews who seek to emigrate.
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