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An Israeli nuclear whistleblower who spent 18 years behind bars was released from jail Aug. 8 after serving an additional three months for violating his release terms.

Mordechai Vanunu, 55,  was a technician at Israel’s top-secret nuclear reactor next to the desert town of Dimona. In 1986 he carried out of the country hundreds of pictures he took of the interior of the reactor and gave them to the London Sunday Times.

Upon his release in 2004, he was forbidden from speaking to foreigners, including journalists. In the latest case, he was jailed three months ago for contacting journalists and other foreigners. — jta