After 1,901 days, Julian Assange is free: he left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June and, after being released at Stansted Airport, left the UK. As reported byX account WikileaksHis release “is the result of a global campaign involving press freedom organizations and activists, lawmakers and political leaders, all the way to the United Nations.”
Julian Assange boards the plane at London Stansted Airport at 5pm (BST) on Monday 24 June. This is for everyone who worked for their freedom: thank you.#Release Julian Assange pic.twitter.com/Pqp5pBAhSQ
– WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 25, 2024
A campaign that opened the door to long negotiations with the US Department of Justice, which reached an agreement that “has not yet been formally finalized.” Assange has agreed to plead guilty to publishing classified military documents provided by former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in 2010 and 2011, and prosecutors will seek to sentence him to 62 months in prison, which will be deemed to have already been served in a high-security prison in London.
Julian Assange is free
Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after spending 1,901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London, and was released at Stansted Airport in the afternoon, where he boarded a plane…
– WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 24, 2024
The memo concluded: “Assange, after more than five years in a 2 x 3 meter cell, isolated 23 hours a day, will soon be reunited with his wife, Stella, and their children, who only knew their father from behind bars.” Wikileaks.
Julian called Sydney from Stansted Airport last night (daytime).#Assangegate #Assange is free pic.twitter.com/KIz3cZp498
— Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW (@Stella_Assange) June 25, 2024
“The ordeal is finally coming to an end,” his mother Christine said immediately after news of the plea deal. “This shows the importance and power of silent diplomacy. I am grateful to those hard-working invisible people who put Julian’s well-being first. The last 14 years have taken a toll on me as a mother.” .
Assange will appear before a judge in the US Pacific territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, where he will hold a hearing that will give him the opportunity to return to Australia.
Arrival in Bangkok #Assangegate pic.twitter.com/K3tCn0Zyzk
– WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 25, 2024
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