Former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu may soon be moved out of solitary confinement, according to Israeli media reports. A lawyer for Vanunu, who has served 12 years of an 18-year sentence for disclosing Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities to The Times of London, told Israel Radio that the Justice Ministry had decided to move him to a regular jail cell because of international pressure.
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