The World - News from Sept. 22, 1985
Polish authorities freed five Solidarity activists who were among 250 political prisoners being held in jails. They included a pregnant schoolteacher whose release had been demanded by Danuta Walesa, the wife of the outlawed union movement’s founder, Lech Walesa. The Polish news agency said the prisoners were released for “humanitarian reasons.”
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