by admin | Jul 4, 2010 | international, nuj, whistle blowing
The news that Mordechai Vanunu is now in solitary confinement in a prison unit set aside for violent prisoners is an outrage. Amnesty International has already declared him a prisoner of conscience and issued the following statement, and at the last meeting of the NUJ...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
On 16 February I blogged that the union had agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme to the Sunday Times in 1986. Earlier this week,...
by admin | Mar 11, 2010 | international, Press, whistle blowing
Over breakfast with my Swedish friend and before we set off cross country skiing, we discussed the contents of the local daily paper, Sundsvalls Tidning. Despite financial difficulties in the industry this regional newspaper continues to be published and the owners...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
The recent meeting of the NEC’s policy committee has agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme. As I recently reported, he has been placed...
by admin | Jan 11, 2010 | international, whistle blowing
Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme, has been placed under house arrest pending criminal charges for allegedly breaching the terms of his 2004 release, which includes a ban on...
by admin | Mar 9, 2005 | Campaigns, international, Israel, Vanunu, whistle blowing
This April sees the first anniversary of the release of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistleblower. Vanunu walked out of Ashkelon prison on 21 April 2004, but he was still not a free man. In an attempt to silence him, the authorities imposed draconian...
