Bullet points for a letter to your MSP

asking for you to sign motion S3M-418 for Mordechai Vanunu
you are our representative in the Scottish Parliament
support for Vanunu’s freedom to travel abroad and leave Israel.
Alex Salmond has given his support to identical motion at Westminster
Vanunu is the elected Rector of Glasgow University
sentenced to a fresh prison term by an Israeli court for “speaking to foreigners”
1986 - kidnapped from Rome after revealing Israel’s nuclear arsenal to the London Times
during trial he was not allowed to see much of the evidence against him
jailed for 18 years, first 11 in solitary
guards not allowed to talk to him or be seen by him
in the prison yard guards carride a portable structure to prevent him seeing anyone = torture
Vanunu has given interviews to Scottish newspapers & talked with many Scots in Jerusalem
Vanunu has been adopted by Amnesty & nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Desmond Tutu
Israel claims it is keeping Vanunu because he still holds information that is a security threat.
the idea is ridiculous because
- the passage of 22 years renders his knowledge obsolete
- many Scots and others have met with him many times; he has had ample time to tell us any supposed ‘secrets’
- Vanunu told everything to the Sunday Times
Vanunu has served his sentence in full
should be allowed to leave Israel - this is all he wants
support his human rights to travel freely
support the rights of Glasgow University students to communicate freely with their elected Rector..