by barry | Oct 3, 2024 | BBC, Campaigns, freedom of information, Government, Labour Party, media freedom, media ownership, media plurality, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, Vanunu
In January 2024 the Press Gazette reported that the UK saw the biggest drop in trust in the media and was the least-trusted out of 28 countries surveyed for the latest Edelman Trust Barometer.The UK fell to the bottom of the ranking, with 31% of people saying they...
by admin | May 10, 2016 | international, Vanunu, whistle blowing
According to a report in today’s Guardian, Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower is facing charges of violating the terms of his release 12 years after his release following 18 years in prison. On his release in 2004, he was subjected to a series of...
by admin | Oct 1, 2015 | Campaigns, Vanunu, whistle blowing
The Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Middle East writes… “Last year, on 26 April, we held a well-supported vigil at the Israeli Embassy in London, to mark the 10th year since Mordechai Vanunu was released from Ashkelon prison, only to be put under severe restrictions of...
by admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Campaigns, international, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has urged Israel to let him leave the country and join his wife abroad. Vanunu was released in 2004 after 18 years in prison after talking to The Sunday Times about Israel’s secret nuclear programme. Israeli spies abducted...
by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | Campaigns, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
An update on my blog of 5 April ‘Help Mordechai pay this outrageous fine’ from Vanunu supporters in the UK in a recent circular reads as follows: ‘Following the appeal we sent out in March we can report the very good news that Mordechai has now been able to pay the...
by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Campaigns, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
When will the hounding by the Israeli authorities of Mordechai Vanunu, the man who blew the whistle on Israel’s nuclear arsenal nearly thirty years ago stop? Not content with dragging him back to court since his release from prison in 2004, stripping him of his...
