refusenik movement

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Soviet-era social movement human rights movement

The refusenik movement was a Soviet-era human rights struggle led by Jews and other dissidents who were denied permission to emigrate and faced persecution for seeking religious freedom and the right to leave the USSR.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
refusenik movement canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet-era social movement ⓘ human rights movement ⓘ
aimedAt	freedom of emigration from the Soviet Union ⓘ religious freedom for Jews in the USSR ⓘ respect for human rights in the Soviet Union ⓘ
endCause	collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ liberalization of Soviet emigration policies ⓘ
endTime	late 1980s ⓘ
geographicScope	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	denial of emigration permits by Soviet authorities ⓘ restrictions on religious freedom in the USSR ⓘ state-sponsored antisemitism in the USSR ⓘ
hasConsequence	imprisonment of activists ⓘ internal exile for some participants ⓘ loss of jobs for participants ⓘ surveillance by security services ⓘ
hasEffect	increased Jewish emigration from the USSR ⓘ international attention to Soviet human rights abuses ⓘ pressure on the USSR from Western governments ⓘ strengthening of the global human rights movement ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Soviet Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipants	other Soviet dissidents ⓘ
influenced	Jackson–Vanik amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Russian ⓘ
notableParticipant	Anatoly (Natan) Shcharansky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Nudel NERFINISHED ⓘ Natan Sharansky NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Slepak NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuli Edelstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet government NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedRestriction	Soviet exit visa system ⓘ
relatedTo	Aliyah from the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Jewry movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPeriod	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
startTime	1960s ⓘ
supportedBy	American Jewish organizations ⓘ European human rights organizations ⓘ Israeli government NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. human rights activists ⓘ
usedMethod	appeals to international organizations ⓘ contact with Western journalists ⓘ hunger strikes ⓘ open letters to Soviet authorities ⓘ public protests ⓘ samizdat publications ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Let My People Go movement → relatedTo → refusenik movement ⓘ

Fear No Evil → relatedTo → refusenik movement ⓘ

Avital Sharansky → movement → refusenik movement ⓘ