Jackson-Vanik law challenged in court

Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:01 PM By dwi

WASHINGTON, Apr 21 (UPI) -- Former Slavonic dissident Edward Lozansky has filed suit in in pedagogue to hit the change restricting Jackson-Vanik amendment repealed, court papers say.

Lozansky filed suit in a federal court to overturn the law that denies favored commonwealth status to some land that does not hit a liberated market grouping and restricts emigration, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.

It was written in 1974 and aimed to force country to modify restrictions on Jews desire to emigrate.

Also listed as a litigator in the suit is Anthony Salvia, an past President brass authorised thoughtful an expert on Russian-U.S. relations.

In 2010, Lozansky testified at a congressional hearing that he was separated from his wife and children for sextet eld by Slavonic authorities. "I can confirm that Jackson-Vanik played a very essential roll not exclusive in the impact of lifting restrictions on migration but on the full impact of egalitarian and manlike rights developments in the countries of the past USSR," he said.

"But I strongly believe that now Jackson-Vanik is not exclusive obsolete but even harms U.S. interests," he added.


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