Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected two petitions filed by a man serving an 18-year sentence for leaking Israeli nuclear secrets. The court refused Mordechai Vanunu’s requests to release him to the country where he was captured in 1986, which is reportedly Italy, and to publish confidential documents related to his case.
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