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Israel releases Mordechai Vanunu after three months in prison
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli whistleblower who spent 18 years in jail for exposing Israel's nuclear capabilities was released today after completing a further three-month sentence.
Vanunu, 56, a former technician at a secret nuclear plant near the desert town of Dimona, was convicted after handing over details of Israel's nuclear arsenal to a British newspaper in 1986.
The revelations led to the belief that Israel held a sizable nuclear arsenal–a claim Israel has neither confirmed nor denied under its policy of "ambiguity".
Vanunu served much of his 18-year sentence in solitary confinement.
His latest three-month sentence came after the Moroccan-born whistleblower was convicted of holding unauthorized meetings with foreigners–banned under the conditions of his release–including journalists and his Norwegian girlfriend in 2007.