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32. SUPPLEMENTS, Documents 20: from A to K: Israeli visas. (Total number - 11 documents). Refer to Document number 2 (in
Documents, not in Supplements), paragraph 1.16.
33. SUPPLEMENTS, Document 21.
34. SUPPLEMENTS, Document 22.
35. SUPPLEMENTS, Document 23. TORONTO
From Family Gunin, Montreal, November, 1998
Dear Friends!
Please, try to treat this letter as an unusual appeal, not just a desperate cry for help and justice.
In October 1998, the Federal Court of Canada issued a second decision in family GUNIN's appeal. (The 1-st one was positive). That tragic
decision resumed our refugee claim, which took 4 years of our lives.
Let us make a brief description of events, which took place before that sad date.
The head of the family, Lev GUNIN, as all members of the family, was born in Bobruisk, Belarus, ex-USSR. Senseless, ridiculous
coincidences in 1971-72 turned him, a secondary school student, young composer, and advance piano player, into a person, persecuted by
Soviet authorities. They tried to prevent him from entering collegial university studies; however, his persistence and a lucky miracle broke
that wishes circle, and he received first collegial, and then university degrees in music. In spite of that, L. GUNIN could not build a
successful composer's carrier because of persecutions. In the same time, he played a specific role in ex-USSR, Belarus, and other
countries' cultural life. He's the author of novels, stories, poetry, contemporary and electronic music, works in history, essays, musicology,
music history, philosophy, etc. His articles were published in a number of newspapers all over the world.
In 1979-1986, Lev became an object of wide humiliations. He was beaten by somebody, who has links with militia (police) and KGB. The
authorities stood up in defense of the attackers. They persecuted L. GUNIN even more for bringing the attacker to trial. In another incident
he and his brother - they were hunted by two well-coordinated groups: mobsters, and a gang of youngsters. "Hunters" were also leaded by
militia (police). Later brothers GUNIN were interrogated by police /KGB men. Lev's brother Vitaly became a victim of secret medical
manipulations.
L. Gunin has multiple links with the cultural elite, famous personalities and dissidents in Moscow, St. - Peterburg (Leningrad), Vilnius,
Warsaw, and Belarus. He also has co
Western countries.
1980-s. Because of persecutions L. GUNIN's decided to participate in the dissident movement. There are the main directions of his
dissident activities:
1. Participation in Human Rights movement and links with the most famous human rights activists.
2. Membership in underground literacy circles.
3. Defense of the Old City of Bobruisk from revelation and demolition.
4. Journalism and editorial functions for underground magazines.
5. Cooperation with forbidden (or unwelcomed) in ex-USSR NTS (People's Labor Union) and the National Front of Belarus.
6. Participation in the Jewish national movement.
7. Creation of ideologically independent and stylistically controversial music, prose, poetry, philosophy, and historical, political, and other
works.
1985-1989. A conflict erupted between leading by L. GUNIN group - and the powerful institution of Israeli emissaries to USSR, and
controlled by them Jewish political Mafia. (Their goals - devastation of the local Jewish cultural life, confiscation of huge aid from the
Western Jewish communities, and concentration of the propaganda of immigration to Israel - L. Gunin was fighting). He also confronted
three important personalities - Kebich, Alimbachkov, and Lukashenko. All of them became top political figures later: first one short before,
and the two others - after his departure from USSR (The 1-st one became the Prime Minister of Belarus, 2-nd - major of Bobruisk, and the
3-rd is the present dictator of Belarus).
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His attempts to emigrate to USA or Germany - to save his brother's life - failed. All attempts to obtain an Israeli visa for permanent
residency have been failed, too. (By then practically everybody could easily get such a visa). Israelis did not want to allow him and his
brother to immigrate to Israel.
1991. After his brother's death, Lev started to cancel all steps of immigrating to Israel. He did not want to go there by then. Soon he
received an order from KGB to leave his native country for Israel. Soviet authorities sent us (family Gunin) all previously suspended visas.
We could not say "no" to KGB, but pla
L.Gunin's Polish friends, Israelis captured us, and took us to Israel by force. In Israel, Mossad (Shabbak) officers verbally accused Lev in an
attempt to sabotage the whole operation of bringing the Soviet Jews to Israel. Mossad approached him several times.
In Israel we faced next persecutions:
1) Israeli citizenship was thrust on us
2) Alla, Lev's wife, was abused, attacked, beaten, assaulted, and systematically discriminated against
3) Elisabeth, his mother, was abused, attacked, and assaulted
4) Children became victims of systematic humiliations and mockery
5) Lev himself was deprived in his rights. Israeli authorities denied him:
a) valid diploma equivalent
b) professional courses
c) rights to enter other courses or university
d) full and valid employment authorization
e) registration with the State labor exchange
f) tax exemption as all fresh immigrants were receiving
g) welfare when he was unemployed
h) proper and equal medical service
i) legal, and police defense
j) reduction of municipal taxes
k) authorization of departure, which is required in Israel to leave the country
l) etc.
He was beaten, abused, discriminated against. Israeli state radio called him an enemy. One of the leading Israeli newspapers suggested
that his works (essays, articles, etc.) must be destroyed. I
and his (his family) financial situation.
During his life in Israel L. Gunin published a number of articles books in Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Moscow, and Germany, criticizing Israeli
government for human rights violations and fascist tendencies in Israel.
1994-1996. With an indirect Amnesty International's involvement we could come to Canada, and claimed a refugee status. To support our
claim we presented next types of documentary proof:
A. Legal documents
B. Documents, issued by Israeli government
C. Documents, issued by all kinds of Israeli institutions
D. Affidavits
E. Letters
F. Post receipts
G. Medical documents
H. Newspapers
I. Researches made by International committees and human rights organizations
J. Proof that in Israel we turned to i
K. Our lawyer's documents
L. Etc.
Practically each statement, described in our refugee claim, was supported by the documentary proof. Only the list of documents' description
consisted of six pages.
1994-1997. In her translations, our lawyer's secretary/translator distorted all documents in our refugee claim. One of our two lawyers
submitted several messages to IRB in protest of some outraged events. He claimed that the IRB members took advantage of the distorted