Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Valery Levonevsky, leader of the entrepreneurs' strike committee, was only allowed to phone home to voice his condolences, his son Vladimir told AFP late Thursday, saying the jail administration justified their decision by "repeated violations of regime" by Levonevsky. "I understand that my father is in jail for political reasons, but this is inhuman -- not to let him attend his father's funeral," Vladimir said.

told