Mordechai Vanunu.

I felt that I had to blog about this man because he seems to have slipped off the radar. His story is a tragic one that however highlights Israel's disregard of basic human rights. Israel regards him as a traitor but, outside of Israel he is regarded as a whistleblower who in 1986 revealed details of Israel's secret nuclear programme. He was a nuclear technician whose conscience cause him to oppose the very concept of Weapons of Mass Destruction. He revealed his secrets to the UK press. Mossad, the Israeli secret service, lured him to Italy where he was abducted and taken back to Israel and was tried in private. he was found guilty and sentenced to  
eighteen years in prison of which, at least eleven were spent in solitary confinement. he was released in 2004 but has suffered harassment and arrest ever since due to his so called violation of his terms of release. These terms included, A ban from using phones and owning cell phones, banned from having contact with citizens of any other country. Banned from having access to the Internet. Forbidden from approaching any embassy or consulate. Forbidden from coming within five hundred meters of any international border. Banned from leaving the state of Israel. A court in 2005 allowed him to visit Gaza and the West Bank but the Israeli authorities reversed the court's decision. Despite the draconian restrictions imposed on him, Vanunu has been able to give interviews to foreign press, which included a live telephone interview with BBC Radio Scotland.
He has received quite a few international honours including being voted Rector of Glasgow University in 2004 by the students. He was of course unable to carry out any of the duties due to his confinement within the state of Israel.
Mordechai Vanunu's case highlights Israel's complete disregard for basic human rights. This is what they can do to a citizen. What barbarities are they inflicting on the Palestinian people that is kept hidden from foreign eyes. It is about time that the government of the state of Israel was brought to account for years of human rights abuses.
I will continue to try and highlight Israel's lack of transparency with regard to due process of law. They have escaped punishment for too long and now is the time for the international community to act. Delay will only exacerbate the problem.