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	Released UK Journalist Said Held In Israeli Dungeon Of Filth
		Peter Hounam was detained on Wednesday by the Israeli security agency on suspicion that he had obtained classified information from Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli technician who was jailed after revealing Israel's nuclear capabilities to the world.
		Hounam angered the Israeli authorities by publishing the identity of the Mossad agent who lured Mr Vanunu to Italy where he was kidnapped, drugged, bound and shipped back to Israel.
		"Peter Hounam was brought into the garden by five plain-clothes members of the security forces or police," she said.
	www.rense.com /general53/releasedUKjournalist.htm (822 words)

	Hounam: Israel should be ashamed of arresting me \| From Occupied Palestine
		Hounam was released from custody Thursday night, a day after the Shin Bet security services detained him on suspicion that he was involved in interviewing former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu, who was freed in April after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets.
		Lotan is suspected of having planned to give Hounam the recordings, because Vanunu was forbidden from meeting with non-Israelis as part of the limitations imposed on Vanunu by the Shin Bet upon his release from prison.
		Hounam has been covering the Vanunu affair for years and is considered to be one of the closest people to the nuclear whistle blower.
	fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node/1290 (1538 words)

	MemeStreams \| Journalist Arrested in Israel
		Peter Hounam was brought into the garden by five plain-clothes members of the security forces or police.
		Peter Hounam was one of many overseas supporters in Israel to greet him on his release.
		We must presume Peter Hounam has been arrested for allegedly attempting to be in contact with a source that gave him a major story, whom he has been unable to talk to for 18 years.
	www.memestreams.net /users/oaknet/blogid4092745 (538 words)

	Peter Hounam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hounam apparently knew of the interview, and was planning to use portions of it in his documentary.
		Hounam's wife Hilarie Hounam disputed the allegations that her husband violated the unusual conditions placed upon Vanunu's release.
		Hounam was detained for one day, during which the case attracted intense media coverage, and after which he was released without charge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Hounam (542 words)

	British journalist complains after release from Israeli detention
		British journalist Peter Hounam, who exposed the revelations of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986, protested that he was "not a spy" after being released by Israeli police late Thursday.
		Hounam, who left the Sunday Times a few years ago and now works as a freelance journalist, reported on Vanunu's April release for the British newspaper and was working on a documentary for the BBC.
		Hounam was arrested while en route to a meeting in Tel Aviv with Lotan, according to media reports.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040527201222.ndcv8pbl.html (725 words)

	Israel arrests journalist who interviewed Vanunu -DAWN - International; 28 May, 2004
		TEL AVIV, May 27: British journalist Peter Hounam, who exposed the revelations of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986, protested that he was "not a spy" after being released from a prison here some 24 hours after his arrest.
		Hounam, who broke the Vanunu story in Britain's Sunday Times in 1986, was arrested late Wednesday in Jerusalem by Israel's Shin Beth internal security services, witnesses and court officials said.
		Hounam was arrested while en route to a meeting in Tel Aviv with the president of a pro-Vanunu activist group, Yael Lotan, according to media reports.
	www.dawn.com /2004/05/28/int7.htm (647 words)

	IsraelFaxx.com newsletter: 4fax0527.txt
		Hounam came to Israel in April for Vanunu's release from prison, where he was detained for 18 years for exposing the information about Israel's nuclear program.
		Hounam was scheduled to meet in Ramat Gan with Yael Lotan, an activist in a committee that worked towards Vanunu's release and against Israel's nuclear program.
		Peter Hansen, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, said in a statement he had demanded an apology from Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz for what he called "damaging and baseless allegations." There was no immediate comment from the Defense Ministry on Wednesday, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
	www.israelfaxx.com /webarchive/2004/05/4fax0527.html (1066 words)

	Peter Hounam - Definition, explanation
		Hounam apparently knew of the interview, and was planning to use portions of it in his documentary.
		Hounam's wife Hilarie Hounam disputed the allegations that her husband violated the unusual conditions placed upon Vanunu's release.
		Hounam was detained for one day, during which the case attracted intense media coverage, and after which he was released without charge.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pe/peter_hounam.php (562 words)

	Middle East Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Peter Hounam, who broke the Vanunu story in Britain's Sunday Times in 1986, was arrested late Wednesday in Jerusalem by Israel's internal security services, witnesses and court officials said.
		Army radio said Hounam was suspected of having been in contact with Vanunu, a one-time technician at the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Israel who is barred from talking to foreigners without prior security service authorization.
		Hounam, who left the Sunday Times a few years ago and now works as an independent journalist, reported on Vanunu's April release for the British newspaper and was working on a documentary for the BBC.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=10081 (609 words)

	(6/28/2004) Israel Arrests Brit Reporter Who Exposed Secret Nuke Program
		"When Peter Hounam was brought in at about 9:30 [in the evening] by a group of plainclothes men, he broke away from them near the entrance and I was just sitting at the nearest table to the entrance," Rovera said.
		Reportedly, Hounam had recently met with Vanunu in a Jerusalem church despite government restrictions banning the former nuclear technician from meeting with foreigners or members of the media.
		Hounam's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, was granted access to his client today after being temporarily barred from meeting with Hounam.
	www.monitor.net /monitor/0406a/vanunureporter.html (740 words)

	AAD[Hounam’s attorney: the decision to prevent me from meeting with him is rescinded]
		Avigdor Feldman, attorney for British journalist Peter Hounam, says that an agreement has been reached with the Public Prosecutor and the decree that prevented him from meeting with Hounam will be rescinded at 6 pm.
		Since the arrest of Hounam was made public—Hounam was the journalist who in the 1980s broke Mordechai Vanunu's story about the Dimona nuclear reactor—the world has responded strongly to this extraordinary step taken by Israeli security.
		Hounam was arrested yesterday in his hotel room in Jerusalem.
	www.aad-online.org /2004/Englishsite/Englinks/6-6en/1.htm (779 words)

	Arrest of journalist Peter Hounam a "farce" \| From Occupied Palestine
		Peter Hounam was released last night after being arrested on Wednesday in Tel Aviv.
		Officials said neither the justice nor foreign ministries was told of the arrest in advance.
		At that time, analysts were able to conclude that Israel had hundreds of nuclear weapons and pierce the country's policy of "nuclear ambiguity", by which it has never formally acknowledged possession of atomic warheads.
	fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node/1289 (387 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Israel
		Peter Hounam was released on May 27 from a prison in the centre of Jerusalem where he had been interrogated by the Shin Beth, Israel’s domestic security services, for suspected spying in connection with his links to Mordechai Vanunu.
		Hounam told the many journalists waiting outside the prison that he had been prevented from contacting his wife and from sleeping for more than two hours.
		Hounam was arrested on the evening of 26 May 2004 in Jerusalem when plainclothes officers and members of the security services turned up at his hotel room.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=10462 (850 words)

	The Agonist: Israel Bars Arrested British Journalist From Meeting Lawyer
		Hounam has been in Israel since Vanunu was released from prison last month after serving an 18-year sentence for espionage and treason.
		Hounam's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, said Thursday that he has not been able to see his client since the arrest, but that he expected to receive access later in the day.
		Colleagues said Hounam was arrested by the Shin Bet security service Wednesday night in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan as he headed to a dinner meeting with Yael Lotan, an anti-nuclear activist who had lobbied for Vanunu's release.
	scoop.agonist.org /archives/015981.html (706 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Peter Hounam was released late Thursday, May 27, and lashed out bitterly at Israeli security standards.
		Leader of the House of Commons Peter Hain told British parliament earlier Thursday the government in London was "very concerned" about the arrest and had sought more information from Israel.
		The detention of Hounam has evoked sharp criticisms from journalists, politicians and human rights groups.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-05/28/article04.shtml (746 words)

	AsiaMedia :: ISRAEL: Israel arrests journalist who interviewed nuclear whistle-blower
		Peter Hounam, formerly of London's Sunday Times and now a freelance journalist, arrived in Israel on the eve of Mr Vanunu's release from prison last month to prepare a film on the former nuclear technician for the BBC.
		Hounam was picked up by the Shin Bet for questioning, apparently on suspicion of committing security offences.
		Hounam was sent by the Sunday Times to Australia in 1986 after the newspaper learned that the Israeli was prepared to reveal Israel's nuclear secrets which he had learned while working at the Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev Desert.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-world.asp?parentid=11578 (384 words)

	La justice israélienne interdit en appel à Peter Hounam de se rendre en Israël : imprimer
		Peter Hounam a été relâché le 27 mai au soir d’une prison du centre-ville de Jérusalem où il a été interrogé par le Shin Beth qui le soupçonnait d’espionnage en raison de ses relations avec Mordechaï Vanunu.
		Peter Hounam, qui prépare un documentaire sur ce dernier pour la BBC, est suspecté, selon des médias israéliens, de vouloir diffuser de nouvelles révélations sur l’armement nucléaire israélien.
		Peter Hounam, 60 ans, s’était rendu à Jérusalem pour écrire un article sur la libération, le 21 avril, de Mordechaï Vanunu, et préparait par ailleurs un documentaire sur lui pour la chaîne britannique BBC.
	www.rsf.org /imprimer.php3?id_article=10461 (966 words)

	British journalist Peter Hounam released from detention
		Hounam was arrested by the Shin Bet on Wednesday evening for allegedly making contact with Vanunu, it was released for publication Thursday.
		Hounam is covering the Vanunu story and considered one of his closest friends.
		Hounam has been covering the Vanunu affair for years and is considered to be one of the closest people to the nuclear whistle blower.
	www.nonviolence.org /vanunu/archive9/20040527haaretz.html (1390 words)

	The Agonist: Israel Frees Reporter Making Vanunu Film
		Hounam, 60, who had arranged an indirect interview with Vanunu, was released without charges or restrictions.
		Hounam's attorney, Avigdor Feldman, said Israeli authorities confiscated copy of the video cassette containing the interview from a BBC producer at Tel Aviv airport.
		Donatella Rovera, a researcher with the human rights group Amnesty International, said she was sitting in the hotel's garden when Hounam arrived with five plainclothes officers.
	scoop.agonist.org /archives/016004.html (619 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| UK reporter returns from Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Peter Hounam, 60, arrived at Heathrow airport on Friday evening after spending a day in custody in Tel Aviv.
		Mr Hounam, who lives in Perthshire, Scotland, said Israel should be "ashamed of itself" for arresting him and he said he was angry that he was held in solitary confinement.
		Mr Hounam's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, said he had not violated any of the restrictions on Mr Vanunu and called the arrest a farce.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3759119.stm (304 words)

	Israel detains UK journalist who broke Vanunu story - World - www.smh.com.au
		Peter Hounam, a freelance journalist who was part of the team at the Sunday Times that broke the story, was arrested late Wednesday in his Jerusalem hotel by members of Israel's internal security services, witnesses said.
		Army radio reported Hounam was suspected of being in contact with Vanunu to discuss a book and possibly also a film on his case.
		Hounam "was arrested by five plainclothes security service agents," Amnesty International official Donatella Rovera, who witnessed the arrest, told army radio.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/05/27/1085641643084.html (446 words)

	Arrest of journalist Peter Hounam a "farce" \| From Occupied Palestine
		Peter Hounam was released last night after being arrested on Wednesday in Tel Aviv.
		Officials said neither the justice nor foreign ministries was told of the arrest in advance.
		At that time, analysts were able to conclude that Israel had hundreds of nuclear weapons and pierce the country's policy of "nuclear ambiguity", by which it has never formally acknowledged possession of atomic warheads.
	www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node/1289 (387 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Israel bars arrested British journalist from meeting lawyer
		Hounam – who first published Vanunu's revelations about Israel's arsenal in The Sunday Times of London in the 1986 –; was in Israel working on a documentary about Vanunu for the British Broadcasting Corp.
		Hounam's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, was to meet with Hounam later Thursday afternoon, after initially being told by the Shin Bet he could not speak to his client for four days.
		Colleagues said Hounam was arrested by Shin Bet agents Wednesday night in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan as he headed to a dinner meeting with Yael Lotan, an anti-nuclear activist who had lobbied for Vanunu's release from prison.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040527-0727-israel-vanunu.html (691 words)

	Peter Hounam to be released tonight
		Hounam will meet his attorney, Avigdor Feldman, at 6 pm tonight and will be released two hours later.
		Hounam, the journalist who first exposed the Vanunu nuclear expose in the British media 18 years ago, was detained Wednesday evening in Jerusalem and taken in for questioning, apparently on suspicion of committing security offenses.
		Before his arrest, Hounam was on his way to pick up Yael Lotan, a member of the Committee for Vanunu's Release.
	www.nonviolence.org /vanunu/archive9/20040527maariv.html (603 words)

	Isreal arrests Times reporter
		Hounam, 60, doggedly followed the twists and turns of Mr Vanunu's years in an Israeli jail, was arrested by plain-clothes officers from Israel's Shin Bet internal security service as he went for a dinner meeting in Tel Aviv, said the Times.
		Mr Hounam, who knew of the interview, had been due to meet Ms Lotan near her home in Tel Aviv last night.
		"I was sitting at a table in the garden when I saw Peter arrive with five plain-clothes policemen," she said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/may/27israel.htm (371 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Wednesday May 26th, 2004 4:53 PM Peter Hounam, the British journalist who has been covering the Mordechai Vanunu affair for years and is considered to be one of the closest people to the nuclear-whistle blower, was arrested Wednesday evening by the Shin Bet security service.
		Hounam, who interviewed Vanunu on Israel's nuclear program some 20 years ago for the Sunday Times, was scheduled to meet in Ramat Gan with Yael Lotan, an activist in a committee that worked towards Vanunu's release and against Israel's nuclear program.
		Hounam told Haaretz last week that he intended to return to Britain soon.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/05/26/16822991.php?printable=true (447 words)

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