me train  tickets  to Lion several
times. My French
     friends also helped me a lot. I could not tell Jews that I do not  want
go to Israel.  They supported  Israel's plan to get from half to one million
people from USSR. To justify
     my request for help in obtaining  the French visa for my brother I told
them that during almost 2 years we could not get an Israeli visa. After that
some leaders of the
     Jewish organizations  in Paris, including  M-me  Helman  from  COJASOR,
proposed me their mediation in my request  for an Israeli visa. They told me
that Jewish
     communities in  France  have collected so much  money for  Israel, that
Israelis must listen  to them. M-me Helman and others arranged a meeting for
me with Israelis in
     Israeli embassy. A visa for me  and for my brother had to  be given for
me there. I knew that local  AVIR in Bobruysk could not accept a visa, which
came not by mail, and
     could not give  us a permission  to leave USSR.  But I had no solution.
When  I came to Israeli embassy, which  situated down the  Le Sacrй Coeur de
Monmartre, they did
     not let me  in.  I  called the doorbell,  and also phoned them  several
times with no result.

     2.15. My brother Vitaly tragically died in  May 1990. Half a year after
his death I  discovered just occasionally that the Jewish  community in Lion
have collected money for
     his treatment and have submitted a medical treatment visa for him. This
visa was confiscated by the Soviet authorities.... After his death I did not
need an Israeli visa
     any  more - because  I  never  wanted to  immigrate,  and  from 1987  I
understood very  well that my place is  not  in Israel. Before my  brother's
death we sold some of our
     property and  did other steps expecting a visa from Israel, but now  we
suspended all such steps.

     2.16.  One  day  -  when Rodov  already  left for  Israel -  one former
"Rodovetz" called my doorbell when my wife  was at work.  I opened the door,
and then he told me that
     he  missed my door with somebody  else's.  In  that very moment another
person have approached. He asked, "is  Gunin lives here?". I recognized him.
Living near KGB
     building I often saw him entering it. I also saw him at the Jewish club
where he  was  with Mr.  Sheremetiev,  local UKGB  chairman. Ilia  Rodov has
invited him by then to the
     club to  read  a  lecture. Later I saw this man (who came to  visit me)
with Rodov  in Bobruysk as minimum  two times. He started  to  speak  to  me
without entering my
     apartment. He  told me  that I have to quit  USSR for Israel within two
months. He said that this decision about me is non-reversible and can not be
appealed. I was so
     terrified  that I could  not speak.  But  I only asked  him what  about
Israeli visa. "Visa budet"" ("visa will come"), he told in response.  And he
also told me that I should go
     directly  to  Israel,  without  tricks. 2 days after  visas started  to
arrive. All  visas - a whole package, - which were suspended before, came in
2 envelopes (see
     Supplements,  Documents # 20, a,b,c,d,e,  etc.  - total number is 11)..
Where these visas were and who kept them, I do not know, but it convinced me
that the
     situation is very  serious, and I must go. When after two months we did
not  leave USSR  yet, such terrible,  even monstrous events occurred that  I
understood: I must go.

     2.17. It did not mean that I agreed to go  to Israel.  I secretly asked
my friends in Poland to meet me at the Central Railway  Station in Warsaw. I
had to try to visit foreign
     embassies in Warsaw, and, if it could give nothing, then we  had  to go
to Germany (my friends had to  buy us tickets to Frankfurt). When our  train
came to Warsaw, and
     my Polish  friends already approached to the wagon, a  group of unknown
people surrounded  and  captured us.  One of them, probably chairman,  spoke
Polish with a
     Hebrew accent. It was a big man in his  middle ages. Mostly he spoke to
me, and also an aggressive woman.
     They were ready to take us with them immediately by physical force, but
only the  presence of my Polish friends made them hesitating. I am sure that
they started
     negotiations with  us  only to  win the time: they probably used  it to
find out through Mossad sources who are my friends and what they able to do.
They probably also
     wanted to  find out what consequences Israelis would have in case of an
eventual scandal, what tactics to use against us, and what their supervisors
recommended.
     They  disagree  immediately to let us go with my friends. Meanwhile  my
friends called 2 Polish policemen. I told the policemen that  I do  not want
go to Israel, I asked for
     their help. The policemen told me that if I was agree to obtain Israeli
visa - then I probably must go to Israel. Then I shown them a temporary visa
for staying in Poland 3
     days, and told  them that only after  3  days I might  be expelled from
Poland, and not by Israelis... The policemen then went to hear what Israelis
could say them. I did not
     hear  what they  discussed  - because they  moved  farther  from me (my
family stayed with the Israelis as hostages while I spoke to policemen), but
when they finished
     talking,  the  policemen left. We were  taken  to a  hotel,  completely
surrounded and guarded by Israelis, from where we could not escape, and then
- to the airport.

     So, my family, and  me, we  were taken to Israel by  force, against our
will, this was a captivity! Israel is not our country. Our native country is
Belarus, and we still consider
     ourselves as citizens  of Belarus. We are not  Israeli citizens because
that citizenship was thrust on us.

     NOTE: I could support this statement by  my declarations, which I made,
when I lived  in ex-USSR and in Israel. You  could see  obviously that these
declarations were
     written many years  ago  or even make a  criminological test  to define
their age.  They  are:  1) My declaration to the procuratories of  the  both
districts of city Bobruysk
     (Lenin and  Pervomay),  and to the General procuratory of Bobruysk,  in
which I  tried to protest my ultimative deportation to Israel.  (1990) 2) My
declaration about Israel's
     illegal activity in Belarus (1988-89). 3) My declaration to the Israeli
authorities (1991-1994). Please, take it into considaration ! ! !

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     For Mr. Louis-Phillippe SIMARD, Manager, Post Determination Review
     FROM Lev GUNIN
     (FILE Number 2948-6524/ 95/76/23/18
     ID: 3082-7125/7174/7220/7231/7317/)

DOCUMENT NUMBER 3
     TRANSLATOR'S SABOTAGE

     3.1.The very first time went to Mr. Le Brune's office when we were in a
hotel for refugees (YMCA) yet.

     3.2.We also came to Mrs.  Broder's apartment  to "complete the PIF" and
to "compose the story" in November 1994.

     3.3.I told Mrs. Broder that I have already composed my  refugee  claim.
And gave her the text of my claim in Russian and in English. I refused
     to  cooperate with  her in  "composing  the story." She  was  extremely
persistent and ultimate, but also flexible and cunning in achieving her
     goals. When she  understood  that she could  not break  my will  not to
participate in "composing the story," she told us to come later. Between
     that and the  next  appointment  my wife was worked upon by  Lucy  (our
relative, whose negative attitude towards me in ex-USSR and in
     Israel scared  me a lot in  the past) and by Mrs. Broder. They told her
that  all direct  or  indirect  criticism  of the  state  of  Israel must be
excluded
     from my statement.  They also told that I  should  not  mention Israeli
army, censorship in Israel, human rights violations, police brutality, and
     provocation  against  me  made by  police; my tensions with Mossad  and
Shabak, or persecutions against me ordered by Israeli authorities.
     The psychological  pressure on  my wife and on me was so strong that it
could push us towards a suicide. We also met Mr. Le Brune in that
     period of time, and  he also suggested that our claim have to be  based
on everyday occurrences and social conflicts, but not on political
     persecutions. When we met Mrs.  Eleonora  Broder next time I started to
fight each sentence, but it was very complicated since my wife had
     arguments with me taking Eleonora's side. But I want to make  it clear:
MY WIFE AND ME - WE NEVER AUTHORIZED MRS. BRODER
     TO CHANGE OR  MODIFY  OUR REFUGEE CLAIM. We  only agreed  to allow some
shortening.

     3.4.Very  soon  Mrs.  Broder  called  us  and  told  us   to  sign  her
translation. I asked her to read us the context in Russian, but she refused
     motivating  her refusal by the lack of time. She also told us that only
5 more days are left (to complete the PIF and submit the claim; and that
     the total number of days is 14), and if it would not be submitted, then
a deportation order is going to be issued for us. (In reality 20 days or
     even more  are given, but  we did not know about that). Then I told her
that I could type my story with her shortenings just in 1 hour in English
     myself  -  and  give her  or another translator  to sign it (because  I
wanted to control its context, and I was not good enough in French by then).
     She told me that in  Quebec only  French-written  claims  are accepted.
Because of her threats and because my wife was near a hysterics I
     was forced to sign it.

     3.5.In  December 1994 and January  1995 I gave a copy of Mrs.  Broder's
translation of my refugee claim to several people; they knew
     French very well. Using their help I discovered that the context of our
refugee claim was seriously distorted and sometimes even converted
     by  Mrs.  Broder.  Some  details  were  given  in  such  interpretation
(translation) that they contradicted with other details. We also discovered
     that the  text of  her  French translation was  different from her back
translation into Russian made after my request and written by her own
     hand. (I wanted to verify her  translation).  When  Lucy's  purposes of
what she did to us might been explained by various reasons, the
     purpose of Mrs.  Broder might be only one: to sabotage the translation.
I repeat that she distorted the translation not because of
     incompetence or  unconsciousness  mistakes but  on  purpose. And I have
good evidence: she excluded one paragraph from my story
     without even discussing it with us. It was a description of humiliation
over other Russian-speaking workers and me by employers-Israelis in
     August 1991.  Instead of typing this  paragraph she made a statement in
my name not just generalizing the situation, but placing an abstract
     declaration about slavery in Israel. When I asked her later why she did
it, she answered that immigration commissioners would never believe
     that something like this exist in Israel. "They would call it "slavery"
- and tell you that slavery doesn't exist in Israel. Why then she inserted
     that pure  statement about  slavery in  Israel  in my name? If  even  a
description of real events, which could be treated as a denunciation of
     slavery  is   "bad",  a  pure  statement  about  slavery  (without  any
explanation) is  "more worse"  then?! I could  only  explain that by  favor,
which
     Mrs. Broder did to the commissioners (immigration oficer in particular)
- because they later used this exactly paragraph (in Mrs. Broder's
     translation of my refugee claim) as a key indication of "exaggerations"
and based their rejection of our refugee claim mostly on it. Mrs.
     Broder  also  told  me  that  she  inserted  this  paragraph  because I
mentioned slavery in one of our conversations. I said that it does not mean
     that I permitted to insert it.

     3.6. I said that I  do not remember if  I really said that. In response
Eleonora said that she secretly recorded all our conversations and now
     could  prove  that  I  told  it.   She  never  agreed  to  correct  her
translation. She even  threaten me  by telling that  she is going to present
above
     mentioned  tapes to the immigration tribunal  - and she claimed  that I
spoke enough on these tapes to make a conclusion that I am
     dangerous to Israel and "was persecuted correctly".

     3.7.  The translation  of our  claim was  also  made in a sarcastic and
humiliating manner as if the translator not just repeated the Russian text
     in French, but wrote a humorist  story about what  was  described. 3.8.
Lucy constantly threatened us during my dispute with Eleonora, and I
     think  that  her  threats  came  as  a  reaction  on my  pretensions to
Eleonora. She was threatening us from February till May 1995. She told that
     she did  a lot for  us - but we are not thankful - and  we are going to
pay for it. She often told us with bravado that she knows everything about
     us. She said that  some people follow us, that my phone is  bugged, and
that my mails are searched. And she demonstrated her knowledge
     about  really  discreet information, which  should be known only  to my
lawyer. I asked my lawyer and demanded from Mrs. Broder not to make
     publicly  known  information,  which  should  be  discreet,   but  Lucy
demonstrated her access to everything, what took place in my lawyer's office
     -from the  dates  of  our appointments with him  to the  dates  of  our
immigration hearings, and so on. She used to come to the immigration
     tribunal each time when our hearings took place  - and even appeared in
the room where the hearing took place: each time without our
     permission.

     3.9. One time she told me with the  same  bravado  (it was  in February
1995) that a very partial committee is going to be assigned to my file.
     She told me that an especially aggressive immigration  officer would be
called from Toronto "to calm" me down. She was right.

     3.10.  Later  it  came  out that Mrs.  Broder  sabotaged  not only  our
immigration claim, but also translations of the articles, of documents, in
     other words -  everything, what she has to translate. Her distortion of
the my wife's birth certificate data enabled immigration officer to
     excuse her report made to the Israeli embassy about us.

     3.11. Not only Lucy  was  related to  Israel, but also Mrs. E.  Broder.
Soon after we met she married a businessman from Israel, who
     maintained  all business contacts in  Israel - according to his  words.
She was born in Odessa, but lived several years in Cuba: it is also an
     information to reflect.

     3.12. It is too painful for me to believe that my lawyer did not remove
two above-mentioned paragraphs that Mrs. Broder inserted without
     our permission because he acted on purpose.  I still want to trust him,
and I prefer to think that he was tired, and this was what caused his
     mistake.  When he was  finishing  to  fix  "mistakes",  distortions and
non-authorized "adjustments", which Mrs. Broder have did in her
     "translation", it was late at night, and both him,  and me, especially,
my mother, were tired, and I did not check the translation properly. I also
     trusted him, and this is why  I signed the new version without a proper
check. I also prefer to think that he did not let me verify translations of
     all the documents  in  my file before  the  hearings (I asked  him many
times to give me documents of my file for a control) because he was
     constantly busy,  and could not prepare them to me. If he would give me
that chance, I could discover before the hearings that Mrs. Broder
     falsified  the  translation  not  only of our claim, but of  all  other
documents as well (like my wife's certificate). I know that the immigration
     committee, which gave no positive decision to "Russians" from Israel at
all, would answer "no" even if there were no distortions in
     translations at all.

     3.13. Some sort of  misunderstanding -  I believe - happened between my
lawyer and me, in result of which the most important remarks
     about IRB's  negative decision in our case were not submitted with  the
appeal. This is why I am asking you to take this submission in
     consideration when decision in my appeal will be considered.

     I submitt examples of Mrs. Broder's sabotage in  Supplements, Documents
# 92,93, 94, 95, 96, 97.

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GROUP OF DOCUMENTS NUMBER 4 APRIL-MAY 1997
     DOCUMENT 1 (2-nd version)
     (Was submitted to Amnesty International via E-MAIL)

MY COPY OF APPEAL TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

     Why I appeal?  1)  Because  my  complains,  which I  once  submitted to
Amnesty International from Israel, played if not the main, a very
     important role during all the 3  immigration hearings in  our case.  2)
Because  if not directly, then indirectly (from a  particular point of view)
IRB
     members insinuated that I must be punished for my contacts with Amnesty
International. 3) Because what happened during my
     immigration hearing here in Montreal (Quebec,  Canada) is so incredible
and horrible that will encourage human right violations everywhere
     on a wider scale. 4) Because in the former USSR  as well as in Israel I
was a human rights activist and was considered a human rights
     activist  by  the people and press. 5)  Because during  the hearing the
immigration officer falsified Amnesty International's (and other human
     rights organizations')  documents and lied about them.  6) Because if a
family comes to a country (which accepts refugees in general) but
     faces abuses, ungrounded  accusations, threats,  hatred  and  injustice
within an immigration court room - that means a mayhem for the
     human rights, placing the  very basis  of human rights in  jeopardy. 7)
Because I'm absolutely certain (and I have presented undeniable
     evidences to the immigration board) that I'm going to be killed and the
members of my family are going to be killed if we will be turned back
     to Israel since I could suggest that something like a death penalty was
considered there against me for my views.

     Why I Appeal Before I Have The Immigration Board's Final Decision In My
Case? 1) Because I have to dispute the very procedure of the
     hearing in our case,  which abused us  and  placed our lives under  the
definite danger. 2) Because I know of some examples when a final
     negative  decision  was  sent  to  refugee  claimants  together  with a
deportation order without the rights to appeal. 3) Because after what
     happened  during our immigration  hearing I feel insecure even here. 4)
Because it looks like they violated some legal and moral norms while
     hearing  our  case  not for  giving us  later a positive  decision.  5)
Because now, when the information about us was submitted by the
     immigration  officer to  Israel  there can  be a wave of wider pressure
from Israel to turn us back. I was actually expelled from the former
     USSR,  where   I  was   persecuted  for  my   artistic,  philosophical,
ideological and political views, where  I was beaten, prevented  from social
and
     professional success, watched and threatened. I was deported to Israel.
When we moved away from the USSR we tried to escape to a
     third country but were captured by Israelis and were taken to Israel by
force.

     We  were  systematically  assaulted,  b