After five years in prison in the United Kingdom, Julian Assange agreed to plead guilty in American justice to regain his freedom.
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Julian Assange is free. Unexpected news in this matter. The 52-year-old Australian, founder of Wikileaks, was accused by the United States of having threatened national security by publishing information on military actions carried out by Washington.
He had been imprisoned in the United Kingdom for five years before he left by plane on Monday June 24. He is expected in court in the Mariana Islands, a US Pacific territory. Julian Assange agreed to plead guilty before American justice to regain his freedom. His relatives immediately reacted to his release and expressed their relief.
“Thanks thanks thanks” : The first words of Julian Assange’s partner went first on the social network Stella Assange then spoke on the BBC from Australia where she lives.
“It’s a whirlwind of emotions. Honestly, it’s incredible. I feel like it’s not real. It’s been so long since I’m used to talking about Free Julian, at present.”
Stella Assangeat franceinfo
The priority is for Julian to get healthy again. “He’s in terrible condition.”, she added. A concern shared by his father, John Lipton: “I imagine that spending fifteen years in one form of incarceration or another is difficult and even more than difficult. Fifteen years when you are in the prime of life… But it seems that Julian will be able to return freely to Australia. Julian will be able to live an ordinary life with his family and his wife, Stella.”
The mother of the founder of Wikileaks, for her part, rejoiced in a press release that her ordeal was coming to an end. And to thank the invisible people who worked to free his son.
