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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, has been freed from UK prison and will return to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to one US charge. He'll be sentenced to time served (62 months) in Saipan. This ends a years-long legal battle that began with WikiLeaks' publication of classified US documents. The plea deal follows pressure on the US to drop charges, including from the Australian government.     #JulianAssange #JulianAssangeReleased #FreeJulianAssange #Wikileaks #Wikileaksnews #Biden #CIA #USnews #Assangenews #Worldnews #Oneindia #Oneindianews                  ~PR.320~ED.103~GR.125~HT.96~

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00:00Wikileaks founder is finally free Julian Assange set to return to Australia

00:09What's next in the Assange's prison saga?

00:13Julian Assange, the founder of the Wikileaks, has been released from prison in the United

00:18Kingdom and is set to return to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to a single

00:23charge in the United States.

00:25Assange, who is 52 years old, will admit in one court of conspiring to obtain and disclose

00:32classified U.S. defense documents.

00:34After spending 1,901 days in the Belmarsh prison, Assange was freed on June 24, 2024.

00:42He was then taken to the airport and left the U.K.

00:45Now he is scheduled to appear in a court in Saipan, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, where

00:50he will be sentenced to 62 months of time already served.

00:54Wikileaks, the organization Assange founded in 2006, became famous for publishing classified

00:59information from anonymous sources.

01:02Some of the most notable releases were including footage of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad

01:07and documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

01:10In 2019, the U.S. charged Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act.

01:17This move was controversial, with supporters arguing that as a publisher, Assange shouldn't

01:22face such charges.

01:24Press freedom advocates also saw it as a threat to free speech.

01:28Assange's legal trouble, however, began in 2010, when he was arrested in London on Swedish

01:33sexual assault charges.

01:35He spent seven years in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition.

01:40After Ecuador withdrew his asylum, he was arrested by the U.K. police in 2019 and has

01:46been fighting U.S. extradition since then.

01:49The plea comes after increasing pressure on U.S. President Joe Biden to drop the case.

01:54In February, the Australian government officially requested the U.S. to end the prosecution,

01:59saying that it has been dragged on for too long.

02:02Wikileaks also stated that Assange paid severely for publishing stories of government corruption

02:07and human rights abuses.

02:08They thanked all of them who supported him during his fight for freedom.

02:13Assange's mother, Christine, also expressed gratitude that her son's ordeal is finally

02:17coming to an end and highlighted the importance of quiet diplomacy.

02:21This development marks a significant turning point in a case that has lasted for years

02:25and has sparked numerous debates about press freedom, government transparency and the limit

02:30of national security.

02:32Assange's return to Australia will be likely seen as a relief by his supporters and family

02:36after his long legal battle.

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