After more than a decade of confinement, WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is spending his first day as a free man in Australia. He touched down in Canberra last night after appearing in court in a US territory, pleading guilty to an espionage charge, in return for being sentenced to time already served. Julian Assage was greeted by his wife Stella and his father John Shipton on the tarmac, after jetting halfway around the world to end his long-running fight against incarceration in the United States. Speaking with Julian Assange's lawyers and members of Parliament, Stella Assange again thanked those who made her husband's return possible.
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00:00I'm eternally grateful to everyone who has made this possible in this building, the group
00:11of friends from across the political spectrum who came together on this issue.
00:19I think it's quite unique that it got people together from all sides to work towards Julian's
00:26freedom and to keep it at the top of the agenda for years now.
00:30The case should never have been brought, but the important thing is that Julian is free
00:39and that he is no longer in Belmarsh Prison and that the case is over and we can put this
00:46behind us.
00:48And Julian is overjoyed and so grateful to the Australian people, to the members of parliament
00:57and to the government and also the opposition who came together to voice the need for his
01:05release.