WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will finally return to Australia after spending five years in a maximum-security prison in the UK, but advocates warn his freedom may come at a cost to others.
Assange left a US court on the tropical island of Saipan a free man on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified defence documents. He was sentenced to time already served, as part of a plea deal and is on his way to Australia on a private chartered Bombadier jet.
Australians have long called on the US to end its pursuit of Assange.
