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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has asked for asylum in Norway for a second time
they held out no hope that he would be accepted
Vanunu, whom Israeli authorities have barred from leaving Israel, sent his application directly
His first asylum application to Norway in 2004 was rejected.
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Fighting for a Secure Israel and a World Free of Nuclear Weapons |
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a prisoner of conscience |
Sept. 30, 1986 - lured to Rome, beaten, drugged and kidnapped back to Israel by Mossad, the secret agency of Israel
1986-87: Secret, in-camera trial, sentenced to 18 years imprisonment
1986-97: Kept in strict isolation in 6 square meters cell
1978-2004: nominated each year for the Nobel Peace Prize
2004, April 21: Vanunu (49) promised release, is entitled to full freedom
An oath of secrecy would not bar him from exposing an illegal nuclear program
He did not go to an enemy, but to the newspapers, in an attempt to protect his own people, the region and the world against great danger