Results for “Sharanksy”

… serious charge of spying for an enemy. I had been asked, along with Canadian law professor Irwin Cotler, to represent Sharanksy. The request came from his wife, who was in Israel, and his mother, who lived in Moscow. They had no money to pay for a lawyer. We agreed to do what w...

since that was the one that carried the death sentence. Because Sharanksy was accused of spying for the United States

as to whether or not Mr. Sharanksy has ever had any known relationship in a subversive way

…did remain. But I was now increasingly certain that at some stage its ministers, too, would leave. In the midst of the Sharanksy rebellion, Haim Ramon, who was the minister in charge of liaising with the Knesset, insisted I “punish” him for his political grandstanding. “You shou...

… did remain. But I was now increasingly certain that at some stage its ministers, too, would leave. In the midst of the Sharanksy rebellion, Haim Ramon, who was the minister in charge of liaising with the Knesset, insisted I “punish” him for his political grandstanding. “You shou...

…uman rights trips while he was the Chairman of the Communist Party and the head of state). He pointed at me and said to Sharanksy: “He’s a good lawyer, but I’m an even better lawyer.” Sharansky replied, “But he got me out of the Soviet prison.” Gorbachov smiled and said “I got yo...

…did remain. But I was now increasingly certain that at some stage its ministers, too, would leave. In the midst of the Sharanksy rebellion, Haim Ramon, who was the minister in charge of liaising with the Knesset, insisted I “punish” him for his political grandstanding. “You shou...

…e that his client was innocent, but that the East German might be willing to arrange a “spy swap” for my client Anatoly Sharanksy. I told him that my client wasn’t a spy so a “spy swap” was off the table. He responded “neither is my client.” He then proposed a possible “prisoner...