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For background info on the case of Mordechai Vanunu, visit http://www.serve.com/vanunu/ The following statement appeared in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday April 30th: Petition to the Government of Israel - Stop mistreating Mordechai Vanunu! Lift the restrictions imposed on him! In the past week the Government of Israel has extended for the third year the restrictions it imposed on Mordechai Vanunu when he was released from prison. He is forbidden to leave Israel; may not move freely inside Israel; is forbidden to speak to foreign nationals, 'for fear of causing damage to the security of the State'. Mordechai Vanunu served the sentence that was imposed on him - 18 years in prison, of which he spent 11 and a half years in complete isolation. He came out of prison wholly committed to the idea of a world without weapons of mass destruction - the same idea he upheld when he was imprisoned. He remains convinced of the rightness of this cause. The element of vengence by the Israeli Government is plain to see. No-one in their senses believes that Vanunu represents a threat to the security of Israel. He told everything he knew to the Sunday Times in 1986. All the experts in Israel and abroad - except those who speak for the secret services - agree that after 20 years away from the Dimona reactor Vanunu has not a shred of information that could endanger the security of the State. The restrictions imposed on Mordechai Vanunu violate the basic rights of citizens in a democratic country - the freedom of _expression and of movement. These restrictions also conflict with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention on Political and Civil Rights. Mr Prime Minister, the Chiefs of the Security Services of Israel - Let Mordechai Vanunu leave, to live wherever he chooses. He would like to have a family of his own and to exist as a free man, without Big Brother dominating his existence. Let Mordechai Vanunu go free. Add your name to the petition and send it as soon as possible by email to Israeli anti-nuclear activist Gideon Spiro at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with copies to: * M. Moshe KATSAV, The Office of the President, Hanassi St., Jerusalem 92188, Fax: 972-2-5610037 * M. Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister's Office, 3 Kaplan St, P.O.B. 187, Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 91919, Fax: 972-2-6512631 , Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * M. Tzipi LIVNI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 9 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd., Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 91035, Fax: 972-2-5303367 * M. Ronnie Bar-On, Ministry of the Interior, 2 Kaplan St. ,P.O.B. 6158, Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 91061 , Fax: 972-2-6701628 * M. Haim RAMON, Ministry of Justice, 29 Salah A-din St., Jerusalem 91010, Fax: 972-2-6288618 * M. Abraham DICTER, Ministry of Public Security, Kiryat Hamemshala, P.O.B. 18182, Jerusalem 91181, Fax: 972-2-5847872 _____________________________ Note: This message comes from the peace-justice-news e-mail mailing list of articles and commentaries about peace and social justice issues, activism, etc. If you do not regularly receive mailings from this list or have received this message as a forward from someone else and would like to be added to the list, send a blank e-mail with the subject "subscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or you can visit: http://lists.enabled.com/mailman/listinfo/peace-justice-news Go to that same web address to view the list's archives or to unsubscribe. E-mail accounts that become full, inactive or out of order for more than a few days will become disabled or deleted from this list. FAIR USE NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the information in this e-mail is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. I am making such material available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of copyrighted material as provided for in the US Copyright Law.
