Word: zissel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Donna E. Arzt, a Harvard law graduate and general counsel for the Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center, said the HJLSA's efforts afford Zissel protection, because Soviet authorities now know they cannot just make him disappear...
Alan M. Dershowitz, Professor of Law said the HJLSA "has a great potential for doing Mr. Zissel a lot of good. We have seen this in similar cases in the past...
Before his arrest, Zissel worked to help Jews emigrate to Israel and to assist dissidents who were tortured in psychiatric hospitals...
...President of AAPL, Dr. Nathan Sidley, said last night although he feels a "personal sense of outrage" about Zissel's case his organization may decide not to become involved in a political issue...
Since his arrest, Zissel has helped other Soviet prisoners petition for appeals. Russian authorities retaliated by placing Zissel in solitary confinement and subjecting him to physical torture, Jaffe said yesterday.CrimsonJim Tyson...