Former Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Conscience Kopel Spector was told upon his release from prison in December, 1976 that he would be allowed to re-apply to emigrate to Israel once he was employed and had a place of residence, Now that he has been working one month in Chernovtsy, the authorities have refused to register him at his place of residence, according to information reaching the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Without such registration the local over authorities refuse to process his application to join his parents in Israel.
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