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PRESS RELEASE
CND to name national office Mordechai Vanunu House
27 October 2004: For immediate release
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) will pay tribute to the bravery
of Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower when it names its national office
Mordechai Vanunu House this Saturday. The naming ceremony will take place
at 5.30pm on Saturday 30th October at 162 Holloway Road, North London.
Peace and anti-war campaignTers will come together for the ceremony which
will include speeches from Kate Hudson, Chair of CND, Bruce Kent, Vice
President CND, Paul Oestreicher, Vice President CND, a toast to Vanunu
and music from Velvet Fist.
Mordechai
Vanunu was a technician at Dimona, Israel's nuclear installation and was
imprisoned for 18 years, for revealing Israel’s nuclear weapons
programme. 11 years were spent in solitary confinement. Vanunu was released
from prison in April 2004. He has not been allowed to leave the country
and his freedom has remained restricted, with Israeli authorities forbidding
him from speaking to foreigners. Despite this he recently spoke to hundreds
of people at the European Social Forum at Alexandra Palace in London via
a live telephone link up.
Kate Hudson, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said:
“Mordechai Vanunu is an inspiration. He took a stand for peace and
for the safety of the world. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is paying
tribute to his bravery by naming our national office after him.
Eighteen years after Vanunu revealed Israel’s nuclear weapons programme
to the world Israel is still allowed to neither confirm nor deny its nuclear
arsenal, despite having an estimated 200 nuclear warheads. This situation
exacerbates instability in the region and allows the Israeli government
to wriggle out of compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. ”
Bruce Kent, Vice President CND, said:
“Vanunu is a very brave man and I’m delighted he’s been
honoured in this way.”
In a message to the European Social Forum this month Mordechai Vanunu
said:
“Our task today is to continue our struggle against nuclear weapons,
to make the world free of nuclear weapons, reduce military production,
reduce the army in every state, reduce the defence budgets and to make
the society much more united by one good standard of human rights and
freedom, abolish boundaries between states, countries, with freedom of
movement for human beings, free trade and economic connection between
all states, freedom of movement of knowledge to help every state move
towards this age. One world, one human race, one freedom, free from nuclear
weapons, living and succeeding in peace. One global village!”
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Notes to editor:
1. For more information and interviews please contact Ruth Tanner CND's
Press & Communications Officer on 07968 420859
2. PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - The naming ceremony will begin at 5.30. There will
be a toast to Vanunu around the new plaque on the front door of the national
office at 162 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DQ
3. For further information on Mordechai Vanunu go to http://www.vanunu.freeserve.co.uk
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