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Serving prisoner admits part in Kinahan gang arms cache plot

Peter Keating entered his pleas by video link from Belmarsh prison in south London.

Evening Standard

HMP Belmarsh: The high-security prison where Tommy Robinson is jailed

Supporters of far-right activist say he is being held at one of the UK’s most notorious prisons after he was jailed for contempt of court

The Independent UK

Julian Assange says he ‘chose freedom over unrealisable justice’

WikiLeaks founder says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in deal for his release and calls for protection of press freedom

The Guardian - UK

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From a plea deal to a 2am prison call: how Julian Assange finally gained freedom

A lawyer’s offer, a judgment that foretold years of legal wrangling, and diplomatic pressure all played a part in the release of the WikiLeaks founder

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?

Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan, before returning home to Australia.

Al Jazeera

Julian Assange’s wife speaks of elation over plea deal

Stella Assange says she has not yet told the couple’s two young sons about their father’s release from prison

The Guardian - UK

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Unseen Diplomatic Manoeuvres Helped Unlock Assange Deal

Behind closed doors, an Australia-US-UK diplomatic dance opened the way for a plea deal to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, analysts and a diplomat previously involved in the case told AFP. The 52-year-old Australian citizen walked out of his five-year visit to London's high-security Belmarsh prison on Monday after agreeing…

International Business Times

Julian Assange arrives on Pacific island for court hearing after striking US plea deal

WikiLeaks founder will return to home country after plea and sentencing in the Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth in the Western Pacific

Evening Standard

Julian Assange en route to US Pacific island after accepting US plea deal – as it happened

Julian Assange to be sentenced at a hearing on the island of Saipan Wednesday; WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will seek a US pardon

The Guardian - AU

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets is he accused of leaking?

Assange is set to appear in the federal court in the Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth in the Western Pacific

The Independent UK

Julian Assange supporters gather outside court as extradition hearing starts

Two-day hearing will weigh up whether WikiLeaks founder can be granted leave to appeal against 2022 decision

The Guardian - UK

Murdered student’s aunt accuses Belmarsh of being a social club as killer ‘has sex with prison worker’

Arrested woman has been released under investigation over alleged relationship with Jordan McSweeney

The Independent UK

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson sees Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison

Australian Wikileaks publisher could face more than 100 years in prison

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Home Office admits failings after Julian Assange’s friend dies in Belmarsh prison following deportation threat

Exclusive: Manoel Santos had lived in the UK for 20 years and was kept in high-security prison on immigration powers

The Independent UK

What are the outstanding questions in the wake of the Wandsworth prison escape?

Daniel Khalife was reportedly initially in custody at maximum security Belmarsh prison.

Irish Mirror

Man who murdered pregnant Irish girlfriend with scissors refuses to come to court for sentencing due to 'stress'

Members of 28-year-old Ms Walsh's family had travelled from Ireland to attend Taylor's sentencing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday - only to learn he was not in the dock or on a video link from Belmarsh prison

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison

The WikiLeaks founder writes that he has been captive in the prison for more than four years ‘on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign’

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The Independent UK

‘Quite the legacy’: Julian Assange asks King to visit him in prison

The WikiLeaks founder has spent more than four years in Belmarsh prison in London.

Crikey

Julian Assange’s Belmarsh prison blues

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent four years mostly inside his UK maximum-security prison cell for a case his wife Stella describes as ‘99% politics and 1% law’, and the divide between the rich and poor in Sydney grows ever wider.

The Independent UK

Trial for man accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky likely to be in 2024

Piran Ditta Khan, 74, appeared at the Old Bailey by videolink from Belmarsh top security jail on Monday for the preliminary hearing.

The Guardian - AU

Dozens of Australian politicians urge US to abandon Julian Assange extradition

In open letter, 48 MPs and senators warn ‘closest strategic ally’ that pursuit of WikiLeaks founder ‘set a dangerous precedent’

Evening Standard

Julian Assange tests positive for Covid in Belmarsh prison

The WikiLeaks founder now faces days being isolated in his prison cell

Daily Mirror

Dad of Sabina Nessa's killer begs son to reveal why he killed her in sadistic attack

Bashkim Selamaj, 71, said his killer son Koci Selamaj felt so ashamed about murdering Sabina Nessa that he refused to meet his dad when he twice travelled to HMP Belmarsh in South London

The Independent UK

Journalists and lawyers file lawsuit against CIA over ‘spying’ on Assange visits

The WikiLeaks founder is being held in London’s Belmarsh prison as he fights extradition to the US.

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