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Mordechai Vanunu (Hebrew: מרדכי ואנונו; born 14 October 1954), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.
Mordechai Vanunu was abducted by the Israeli secret service Mossad in Italy and taken to Israel, accused of espionage and treason. Labelled prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, Vanunu came to serve 18 years imprisonment. More than eleven of those was in solitary confinement.
Aug 4, 2015 · Mordechai Vanunu, who leaked Israel's nuclear secrets in 1986, has petitioned the High Court of Justice for the eighth time to lift the ban on his travel abroad. He claims he only wants to visit his wife's family, but the court has rejected his requests in the past.
Apr 7, 2021 · One of the most famous details of the capture of the leaker of Israel’s nuclear secrets in 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, is the contribution by “Cindy,” a Mossad officer originally from the United States who enticed Vanunu to leave London and fly with her to Rome.
Apr 21, 2004 · After 18 years behind bars for revealing Israeli nuclear secrets, a defiant Mordechai Vanunu headed out of prison today a partly free man.
Mordechai Vanunu was an Israeli nuclear technician who leaked information to the London Sunday Times in 1986. He was kidnapped by the Mossad, imprisoned, and restricted from leaving Israel and using the internet.
The anti-nuclear whistle-blower, Mordechai Vanunu, was sentenced to six months in prison for breaching arbitrary restrictions on his freedom of expression and movement. Amnesty International condemns the decision and calls for Israel to lift the restrictions and allow him to travel abroad.
