- Mordechai Vanunu has been awarded the Norwegian
People´s
Peace Prize for 2005 for his courageous action to protect the people in
Israel, the Mid-East and the world against destruction in a nuclear
holocaust.
Earlier recipients of this prize have been Alva Myrdal (Sweden), Mairead
Corrigan and Betty Williams (Northern Ireland), Vytautas Landsbergis
(Lituania)
and Dom Helder Camara (Brazil).
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- Three of the People Prize recipients (Myrdal, Corrigan,
Williams) have also received the Nobel Peace Prize, and Mordechai Vanunu
has again been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005.
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- A number of weapons inspectors have been searching for
nuclear weapons in the Mid-East. Only Vanunu found such weapons. The
Norwegian
People´s Peace Prize was given to Vanunu as a reaction to the gross
unfairness in subjecting him to excessive punishment, instead of praise
and gratitude.
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- The prize will be formally announced to Vanunu at a
ceremony
in Jerusalem on April 20, and the money, around 12 000 Euro, will be
available
to Vanunu as soon as he is free and able to start a new life outside
Israel.
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- For more information:
- Fredrik S. Heffermehl, +47 2244 8003,
- Ole Kopreitan, +47 2205 0000
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- Materials on the restrictions imposed upon Vanunu and
the illegality of continuing to punish him after he has served his full
18 years in prison, can be found at
http://www.peaceispossible.info/update.html
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