Making it Real
Action Speak Louder than Words page 9.
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an SAS soldier, refused to return again to the war in Iraq in 2005. His reasons were made public...the illegal tactics of United States troops, the policies of coalition forces, and the illegal invasion itself. He was soon gagged by a high court order from talking about anything to do with his experieces and will go to prison if he speaks out again. He is now an anti war activist, grateful to WikiLeaks for their disclosures which provided hard evidence for his and other veterans claims. (see no. 17)
Ben is the founder of Veteran's for
Peace UK.
19. Ben Griffin
Queen, Country and a Gag Order
2008, 3:32 mins
See also the film of Ben's speech at the Oxford Union debate "I Will Not Fight for Queen and Country"
20. Mordechai Vanunu
is a whistleblower for weapons of mass destruction. In 1986 he revealed details of Israel's secret nuclear weapons program to the British press. He was lured to Italy and kidnapped by Israeli agents, and spent 18 years in prison, 11 in solitary confinement. After his release in 2004 with heavy restrictions on his speech and movement (no internet or phone calls), he was arrested many times . He spent another 9 months in jail for speaking to journalists and attempting to leave Israel.
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