MORDECHAI VANUNU

Early day motion 574, tabled 12 January 2010 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 56 members.

That this House condemns the latest incident in the continuing harassment of Mordechai Vanunu when he was detained in December 2009 and placed under house arrest for being with his girlfriend; notes that he completed an 18 year sentence for revealing Israel's secret development of nuclear arsenal over five years ago; is alarmed that, despite the passage of 23 years since he was brutally kidnapped by Israeli agents for the publication of that information by The Sunday Times, Israel insists that Vanunu has sensitive information that could harm its security; and calls on the Government to recognise these facts and to insist that Israel respects Vanunu's human rights by withdrawing its repressive restrictions and allowing him the freedom to leave Israel if he so wishes.

Signatures by party: Labour 37, Liberal Democrat 13, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.