The World - News from Dec. 4, 1985
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The Soviet Union and its East European allies continue to have a “seriously flawed” record of compliance with the 1975 Helsinki accords on human rights, the State Department told Congress. The semiannual report, covering April through September, said at least 22 Hebrew teachers and other Jewish activists are Soviet political prisoners, while pressure also is being applied to Ukrainians, Pentecostal Christians, Baptists and others. In Poland, the number of political prisoners nearly doubled over the six months, the report said.
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