Screen grab taken from the X account of Wikileaks of Julian Assange on board a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, following his release from prison. Picture date: Tuesday June 25, 2024.
The move follows his dramatic release from Belmarsh Prison in London on Monday where he has spent five years, largely in solitary confinement, fighting extradition. Meanwhile, in November 2010, Sweden issued a European arrest warrant for Assange for allegations of sexual assault – prosecutors eventually discontinued their investigation in 2019.
The PA news agency has since established the hearing took place at 4pm at Westminster Magistrates’ Court before the chief magistrate, senior district judge Paul Goldspring, who took a judicial decision for this to take place behind closed doors under Criminal Procedure Rules and the Contempt of Court Act 1981. This means, at present, no further information on the contents of the hearing can be made public.
Video posted to X by WikiLeaks showed Assange, seated and dressed casually in jeans and a shirt, discussing the text on a sheet of paper.GOOD NEWS: Julian Assange is on his way to freedom. Thank you to all those who have campaigned with us forA letter to the United States chief judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Ramona V Manglona, as seen by the PA news agency, also confirmed Assange intends to return to Australia once proceedings conclude.
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