[wvns] Vanunu sentenced to jail again
Vanunu says he is only pursuing a legitimate
anti-nuclear campaign [AFP]
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Israel's Vanunu sentenced to jail
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EABAC490-D3CF-4ED2-8591-5DE7F995EF8A.htm
An Israeli court has given a six-month jail term to a man who in 2004
completed an 18-year prison term for leaking nuclear secrets, this
time for violating a ban on speaking to foreigners.
Jerusalem magistrate's court sentenced Mordechai Vanunu on Monday,
after he was convicted of 14 violations of the restrictions.
"All I want to be is to be free, to leave the country," said Vanunu,
who insists he only wants to pursue a peaceful anti-nuclear campaign.
In 1986, Vanunu was sentenced to 18 years behind bars after telling
Britain's Sunday Times newspaper about his work as a technician at the
Dimona reactor.
Unauthorised contact
Israel has resticted Vanunu's movements and personal contacts since he
finished his first jail term.
Tel Aviv argues that Vanunu could leak new details on his past work at
the Dimona nuclear reactor.
Vanunu was convicted in April of maintaining unauthorised internet
contact with foreigners, including foreign newspapers.
He was also found guility of breaching prohibitions on entry to the
occupied West Bank.
In addition to the six month jail term, the court also passed a six
month suspended sentence.
The court said in its ruling that it would hold off on jailing Vanunu
to allow him to appeal.
"While returning a man to prison after he served 18 years there does
not bring joy to anyone, there was no other choice but to take this
step to make clear that the nation will defend its secrets and protect
its security," Dan Eldad, a prosecutor, said in a statement.
Since his release, Vanunu, a convert from Judaism to Christianity, has
denied charges that he has more classified information that he could
leak if he was allowed to emigrate.
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A YouTube documentary on Israel's secret nuclear weapons facilities at
Dimona, based on Vanunu's revelations, can be watched at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf39qkvwOhU
More information on Israel's nuclear weapons program, Vanunu and
Dimona is at http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/index.html
and http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm.
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