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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, walked out of Belmarsh maximum security prison on Monday after reaching a deal to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law. This agreement ended his imprisonment in Britain and allowed him to return home to Australia.

“Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK,” WikiLeaks said on X.

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JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE


Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a…

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 24, 2024

The media company also thanked people from different spheres of life who supported Assange, which made him broker a deal with the United States on his release. “This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised,” it added.

52-year-old Julian Assange agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to disclose key US defence documents. WikiLeaks released thousands of US military documents related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, marking a major security breach in US military history.

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The leak included over 700,000 documents, which contained diplomatic cables and battlefield reports. The charges against Assange sparked massive outrage among his global supporters. Many advocates of press freedom labelled the criminal charges against Assange as a 'threat to free speech'.