HRES 118
98th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
International Affairs
Political prisoners
U.S.S.R.
A resolution condemning the unjust trial and sentencing of Doctor Viktor Brailovsky by the Government of the Soviet Union, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that such Government should cease its persecution of Viktor Brailovsky and permit him and his family to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel.
Introduced: March 2, 1983
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Mar 11, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 2, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 2, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the trial and conviction of Dr. Viktor Brailovsky by the Soviet Union. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should express to the Soviet Union U.S. concern and opposition to the internal exile of Dr. Brailovsky and to the Soviet Union's refusal to permit Dr. Brailovsky and his family to emigrate; (2) the Soviet Union should comply with various international agreements by reversing Dr. Brailovsky's conviction and by permitting him and his family to emigrate; and (3) the Soviet Union should cease persecuting individuals seeking to emigrate and should cease denying basic rights to Soviet Jews.
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Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.