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 · Jun 25, 2024
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… France 24 · Jun 25, 2024
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 · Jun 25, 2024
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 · Jun 25, 2024
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 · Jun 25, 2024
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 The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024
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. Al Jazeera · Jun 25, 2024
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’ Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024
Australian Leaders Welcome Expected Plea Agreement For Julian Assange Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea agreement for Julian Assange's release to Australia. Public support grows. Top News · Jun 25, 2024
‘Generational hero’: Julian Assange’s supporters hail his expected release Activists and politicians celebrate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s freedom following a plea deal with the US. Al Jazeera · Jun 25, 2024
Julian Assange leaves UK after reaching plea deal with US WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison and left the UK after reaching a plea deal with US authorities. The National (Scotland) · Jun 25, 2024
Afternoon Update: Julian Assange released from prison; the Greg Lynn trial verdict; and AI song generators sued WikiLeaks founder’s mother says Assange’s ordeal ‘finally coming to an end’ – but freedom of the press still at stake The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024
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… France 24 · Jun 25, 2024
Watch view of Bangkok airport where plane carrying Julian Assange has landed Watch view of Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, on Tuesday 25 June, where a plane believed to be carrying Julian Assange has landed. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024 View from The Hill: Hero or villain, Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide The Julian Assange affair stands at the awkward intersection of a country’s right to keep secret national security information and the public’s right to know what is being done by a supposedly accountable government.
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 Julian Assange plea deal – live: Stella Assange wants ‘new chapter’ and says kids unaware father to be freed Stella Assange told the couple’s chidren there was a ‘big surprise’ as they boarded a plane to Australia
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024 Tuesday briefing: Why did so many pilgrims lose their lives during the hajj? In today’s newsletter: At least 1,300 people died during the hajj, when temperatures soared to 51C. As Saudi Arabia victim blames the dead for poor planning, what does the future hold for the holy journey
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Thailand
Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2024 ‘Julian Assange is free’: Mike Pence says ‘miscarriage of justice’, Australian MP points to finish line Julian Assange has been released from British prison, according to WikiLeaks, the organisation he founded. The outfit uploaded a video of him boarding a flight that left the UK at London’s Stansted airport on Monday evening.
Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2024 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
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for years to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified documents
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024 With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 25, 2024 Explainer: who is Julian Assange and what are the details of his plea deal? After five years in jail, Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to a single charge that will allow him to walk free and return to Australia
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024 My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains Julian Assange is out of prison, after agreeing to plead guilty to violating the US Espionage Act. He is expected to be freed after appearing in a US courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands this week.
International Business Times · Jun 25, 2024 WikiLeaks Says Julian Assange Is 'Free,' Has Left UK Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama.