The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangearrived this Wednesday at Canberra on a private plane after having formalized the pact for his freedom before a judge of the Mariana Islands of North (USA), after spending five years in prison in UK and almost seven others took refuge in the embassy of Ecuador in London.
The charter flight VJT199 in which he was traveling landed at around 7:40 pm local time (9:40 am GMT) at the international airport of Canberra after about seven hours of flight, after leaving Saipan (I. Marianas do Norte) at around 12:10 pm on Wednesday (2:10 am GMT).
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“After almost 14 years of arbitrary detention in UKand 5 years in a maximum security prison for his innovative work, Julian Assange returned home in Australia“, emphasizes WikiLeaks in your X account.
Assange He got off the plane shortly after landing dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie, and with his fist raised he greeted dozens of media and followers who were waiting for him and they applauded at the airport.
The Australian was welcomed on the catwalk by his wife, Stella Assangewhom he kissed and with whom he merged in an embrace, and by his father, the Australian architect John Shipton.
“I’m very nervous and excited to see Julian in the airport“, his wife had already said in an interview with the YouTube channel of Fight for Assange’s Freedomthe Australian activist support group.
The founder of WikiLeaks He met his current wife, who was part of his legal team, during his stay in Embassy of Ecuador in London (2012-2019), during which time they had two children (Gabriel in 2017 and Max in 2019).
Assange plans to hold a press conference at a hotel in the Australian capital at 9:15 pm (11:15 GMT) after a long journey since leaving on Monday. Londonand which led him to make a technical stop in Bangkok on Tuesday, before flying to Northern Mariana Islands to formalize your freedom today.
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Participation in I.Marianas
The activist, journalist and “hackerThe 52-year-old Australian appeared in US court on Wednesday Northern Mariana Islands on Saipanwhere the magistrate Ramona Villagomez accepted the terms agreed between the US Department of Justice and Assange’s defense.
Under the terms of the agreement, by which Assange pleaded guilty today to conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. documents, Villagomez condemned Assange to 62 months in prison, recognizing the time already served in the high security prison of Belmarsh (UK), so he was released.
The Australian’s defense requested that the hearing be held in this North American territory due to its proximity to Australia it’s because Assange I didn’t want to travel to continental soil U.S.
This episode ends a 14-year saga that began in 2010 with the largest leak of classified documents in US history, revealing attacks on civilians in Iraq is at Afghanistanas well as the ill-treatment inflicted on prisoners Guantanamoamong other subjects.
After filtration, Sweden issued an arrest warrant on charges of sexual abuse, which was later withdrawn. Assange He took refuge in the embassy of Ecuador in Londonuntil in 2019 he was arrested for British authoritiesspending the last five years in a maximum security prison in the British capital.
Source: Elcomercio
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