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Mordechai Vanunu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mordechai Vanunu (born October 13, 1954) is a former Israeli nuclear technician who publicly exposed Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. When Israel learned of this, he was kidnapped by Mossad (although upon release Vanunu claimed it was the CIA), tried in secret, convicted of treason, and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Vanunu was released from prison on April 21, 2004, and is subject to a broad array of speech and travel restrictions.
Vanunu was seen by many human rights groups as a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty International described his treatment as constituting "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment [...] such as is prohibited by international law." Vanunu has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year from 1988 to 2004; however, the Israeli government considers him a traitor.
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Mordechai Vanunu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mordechai Vanunu (born October 13, 1954) is a former Israeli nuclear technician who publicly exposed Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. When Israel learned of this, he was kidnapped by Mossad (although upon release Vanunu claimed it was the CIA), tried in secret, convicted of treason, and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Vanunu was released from prison on April 21, 2004, and is subject to a broad array of speech and travel restrictions.
Vanunu was seen by many human rights groups as a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty International described his treatment as constituting "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment [...] such as is prohibited by international law." Vanunu has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year from 1988 to 2004; however, the Israeli government considers him a traitor.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
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