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Wikileaks: whistleblower Julian Assange regains his freedom
Wikileaks: whistleblower Julian Assange regains his freedom
(FRANCEINFO)
Julian Assange could face 175 years in prison in the United States for publishing more than 700,000 confidential American documents. The Australian founder of Wikileaks finally reached an agreement to plead guilty with the American justice system.
Julian Assange regains his freedom. A plane took him to American territory on Tuesday June 25, 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.
Having taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years, then imprisoned in the United Kingdom in 2019, Julian Assange had won support around the world. His country is now welcoming his release. He is due to appear on Wednesday, June 26, before a federal court in the Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific. He is expected to be sentenced to 62 months in prison, a sentence already served in pretrial detention.
