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Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu Faces New Charges

The former nuclear technician who revealed details of Israel’s nuclear programme has now been accused of breaching restraining orders. On Sunday Israeli prosecutors charged nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu with violating the terms of his release, more than a decade after he completed an 18-year jail term. His attorney’s have slammed the move as ‘a record low for the state in its abuse of Vanunu’ The indictment accuses Vanunu of moving apartment without telling the police, meeting two foreign nationals without permission and repeating classified information on TV.   The Guardian reports: Upon his release in 2004, Vanunu was slapped with a series of restraining orders, some of which he has violated in recent years, the justice ministry said. According to the charge sheet, Vanunu in 2013 met two US nationals in Jerusalem without having permission to do so. He is also accused of moving to a different flat in his apartment building in 2014 and failing to inform police. And in 2015, he granted an interview to Channel 2 television, in which he relayed to the interviewer “classified information that was by cut out by censors”, according to the indictment served at Jerusalem magistrates court. The former nuclear technician was [...]