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Mixed reaction to Assange guilty plea

Supporters praised Assange's release from prison, but

Salon

Julian Assange’s release frees up one UK prison cell, but why has it taken so long – and what about the others?

This case is nothing to be proud of. As politicians stood by, he suffered within a chaotic system they have done little to fix, says author Duncan Campbell

The Guardian - UK

Julian Assange leaves UK after agreeing US plea deal: Tech & Science Daily podcast

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Evening Standard

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Julian Assange flies to the remote Pacific island of Saipan: where is it and what's next?

The WikiLeaks founder has been released from Belmarsh Prison in London — but why is going to an island famous for its role in the Second World War?

Evening Standard

Julian Assange, a Free Man

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Reason

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Before he emerged as an eccentric internet publisher of state secrets, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was born in Townsville, Australia

The Independent UK

WikiLeaks founder Assange en-route to final US court hearing ahead of release

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching a plea deal with US authorities that brings his long legal drama to a close.

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Be 'Free Man' After US Plea Deal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be a "free man", his wife said Tuesday, once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US authorities to bring to a close his years-long legal drama. Assange was released Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for…

International Business Times

First Thing: Assange leaves UK after striking deal with US justice department

WikiLeaks founder reportedly travelling to US plea deal hearing in Northern Mariana Islands. Plus, how fashion entered its ‘ugly’ decade

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Now is the time for the Three Lions to find their roar

To suggest that England have yet to set this European Championship alight is something of an understatement. In classic fashion, the team laboured to an opening game win over Serbia before an especially turgid draw with Denmark. Yet, thanks to this expanded Euros format, they have already qualified for the…

Evening Standard

The tourist island known for sandy beaches that will host the final act of Julian Assange’s legal odyssey

It is the only part of the United States that Chinese citizens can enter without a visa

The Independent UK

Julian Assange plea deal: What happens next for the WikiLeaks founder

The WikiLeaks founder’s wife, Stella Assange, said she is looking forward to a ‘new chapter’ in Australia and wants prioritise her husband’s health

The Independent UK

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

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finally free after 14 years of legal limbo

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 25: We look at reactions in the Australian press after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes a plea deal that ends 14 years of legal limbo over his publication of classified military documents. He will arrive home in Australia as a free man. Also: French papers…

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The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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…

The Guardian - UK

Washington v WikiLeaks: how the US pursued Julian Assange

Almost 14 years after the mass leak of secret military and diplomatic files, the organisation’s founder has struck a plea deal with the US, leaving prison in the UK to return to Australia

The Guardian - UK

At last, Julian Assange is free. But it may have come at a high price for press freedom

The Biden administration got a guilty plea and set a dangerous tone for reporters everywhere, says Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation

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Al Jazeera

Julian Assange timeline: A criminal or a hero?

The WikiLeaks founder is free after years-long legal battle that has stirred debate around the world on press freedom.

Evening Standard

Julian Assange's wife tells of 'elation' as she looks forward to reunion with freed husband in Australia

Stella Assange says she is ‘elated - frankly it’s just incredible, it feels like it’s not real’

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Julian Assange To Enter Plea Deal With U.S. Government

Julian Assange lands in Bangkok for a plea deal with the U.S., expected to plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge. The case has sparked global attention a...

France 24

Who is Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks?

Julian Assange, who is expected to return home to Australia a free man this week after years of fighting against extradition to the US on spying charges, is for some a fearless campaigner for press freedom. But for others, the 52-year-old Australian was reckless with classified information, possibly endangering human…

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