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their example and by their fate, prisoners of conscience affirm that
the defense of justice, the international defense of individual victims
of violence, the defense of mankind's lasting interests are the respon–
sibility of every scientist.
Gorky. March 24, 1981
p.s. After this letter was written, I received word of the tragic death
ofJuri Kukk in a labor camp. Tatiana Osipova was sentenced to five
years labor camp and five years internal exile on April 2.
