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Maciej Kuron, the 20-year-old son of Poland's best-known dissident. Jacek Kuron, has been expelled from Warsaw University.
While the university has not commented on the dismissal, the formal reason could have been Kuron's failure to take required courses in political education. However, depriving the children of dissidents of access to higher education has been a common method of punishment in East European countries.
Kuron and his parents were interned when martial law was imposed in December 1981.
His father, Jacek Kuron, is still in custudy and is facing trial, together with three other dissidents, on charges of subversion.
Maciej Kuron has said that he will seek admission to the Roman Catholic University of Lublin, the only independent University in Poland. The Chronicle of Higher Education
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