SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Mordechai Vanunu

1954 - Today

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Mordechai Vanunu (Hebrew: מרדכי ואנונו‎; Hebrew pronunciation: [moʁdeˈχaj vaˈnunu]; ; Arabic: مردخاي فعنونو; Arabic pronunciation: [murdaxaj faʕnuːnu]; born 14 October 1952), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured from Britain to Italy by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where he was drugged and abducted. He was secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted in a trial that was held behind closed doors. Vanunu spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 in solitary confinement, though no such restriction is mentioned in Israel's penal code, nor imposed by his verdict. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mordechai Vanunu is the 234th most popular social activist (down from 163rd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 234 out of 840. Before him are Ravachol, Sophia Perovskaya, Sergey Taboritsky, Gloria Steinem, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, and Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov. After him are Franciszek Gajowniczek, Nimr al-Nimr, Marina Ginestà, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, and Vandana Shiva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 110. Before him are Michael Emerson, Morten P. Meldal, Viktor Medvedchuk, Yoshiichi Watanabe, Philip J. Pierre, and Chris Noth. After him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Hisao Sekiguchi, Tom Price, Oscar, Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, and Pat Metheny.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 45 out of 264. Before him are Mohammed ben Abdallah (1710), Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), Philippe Barbarin (1950), Ahmed Faras (1946), Muhammad IV of Morocco (1803), and Christian de Portzamparc (1944). After him are Abbas El Fassi (1940), Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi (1541), Margarita Lozano (1931), Abu Inan Faris (1329), Al-Shadhili (1197), and Slimane of Morocco (1766).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Morocco

Among social activists born in Morocco, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 1. After him are Abdallah ibn Yasin (null), Aminatou Haidar (1966), and Latifa Ibn Ziaten (1960).

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