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Wikileaks: Julian Assange is free
Wikileaks: Julian Assange is free
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Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who was pursued by the American authorities for having disclosed hundreds of thousands of confidential documents, found his freedom on Tuesday June 25.
With determined steps, Julian Assange climbs the few steps that separate him from his freedom. A plane takes him to American territory, where he will be tried. The founder of Wikileaks is released after 1,901 days in prison and 14 years of an extraordinary legal saga. It is the epilogue of a long battle for his family and loved ones.
A freedom acquired thanks to an agreement to plead guilty with the American justice system. The Australian would face 175 years in prison in the United States for making public more than 700,000 confidential documents on American military and diplomatic activities. Refugee in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years, then incarcerated in the United Kingdom in 2019, he had obtained support around the world.
His country today welcomes his release. He is scheduled to appear Wednesday, June 26, in federal court in the Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific. He should be sentenced to 62 months in prison, a sentence already served in pre-trial detention.
