Pioneering lawyer and civil liberties campaigner who paved the way for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain
March 2018
From the Guardian archive
Mordechai Vanunu gets 18 years for treason – archive, 1988
28 March 1988: Vanunu gave the Sunday Times details of his eight years employment at a top-secret nuclear research centre in Israel
September 2016
Shimon Peres obituary
Last surviving member of Israel’s founding generation of politicians, he served as president, prime minister and foreign minister
May 2016
Defence and security blog
Nuclear whistleblower faces fresh charges, 30 years on
Israel brings fresh charges against nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu
October 2015
A vigil for Mordechai Vanunu’s wish to leave Israel
Letters: We are calling for an end to Mordechai Vanunu’s 29 years of captivity in Israel
September 2015
Mordechai Vanunu placed under house arrest after giving TV interview
Israeli nuclear whistleblower reportedly given latest in a series of sentences for violating conditions of his release
April 2015
Defence and security blog
Paying a price for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons, 30 years on
• Mordechai Vanunu faces legal costs and extraordinary restrictions • US report shows when Washington knew about nuclear programme • Israel sends ‘observers’ to non-proliferation treaty conference
April 2014
Vigil for Vanunu
Israel's Mordechai Vanunu is as much a hero as Edward Snowden
Duncan Campbell
April 2013
Mordechai Vanunu's suffering
Letters: Mordechai has now suffered 27 years' loss of freedom for his service to the truth
Germany's Nobel laureate describes Vanunu, who spent 18 years in prison for leaking details of Israel's nuclear programme, as a 'role model and hero of our time'
May 2012
Paul Oestreicher on Sir Roy Shaw: 'He was a gentle revolutionary with no trace of bitterness'
Paul Oestreicher writes: In December 1996 I found myself flying to Tel Aviv with Sir Roy Shaw
April 2012
Israel, Iran, nuclear weapons and a Shakespearean invitation
Letters: The anniversary of Mordechai Vanunu's imprisonment and an appeal for a constructive debate with Israel
November 2011
liberty central
Mordechai Vanunu deserves freedom from Israel
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell: Israel has until Sunday to respond on the nuclear whistleblower's bid to leave the country. It's time to stop punishing him
June 2011
We must help Vanunu live in peace
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell: Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu wants to obey Israeli law and lose his citizenship. The UK has an obligation to him
April 2011
Vanunu still not free
Letters: It is time the British government called for these cruel restrictions to be withdrawn so Vanunu can leave Israel immediately
August 2010
In praise of ...
In praise of … Mordechai Vanunu
Israel releases Mordechai Vanunu after three months in prison
May 2010
Julian Borger's global security blog
A responsible nuclear power?
The revelations of Israel's nuclear flirtation with South Africa will add weight to claims of double standards