Israel: Lift ‘ludicrous’ restrictions on whistleblower Vanunu decade after release

Headline Title: Israel: Lift ‘ludicrous’ restrictions on whistleblower Vanunu decade after release 16 April 2014 Ten years after serving a full sentence for his revelations to the press about Israel’s nuclear weapons programme, Mordechai Vanunu still faces severe restrictions that arbitrarily infringe on his freedom of movement, expression and association, said Amnesty International.The former nuclear technician served an 18-year-prison sentence, the first 11 years of which were in solitary confinement, for disclosing information to journalists about Israel’s nuclear arsenal during…

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