Assange lands in native Australia after pleading guilty in US court

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The WikiLeaks founder arrived on Wednesday in his native Australia.

"Touchdown!" WikiLeakson social media. "After enduring nearly 14 years of arbitrary detention in the UK, 5 years in maximum security prison, for his groundbreaking publishing work with WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has arrived home on Australian soil."

The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after Assange pleaded guilty at a U.S. court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information.Assange's release follows a yearslong fight by the U.S. government to extradited him on charges related to documents published by WikiLeaks in 2010.

This handout photo courtesy of the WikiLeaks X and posted on June 26, 2024 shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talking to his wife, Stella, while on his way in a private jet to Canberra after leaving Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, who had advocated for the charges to be dropped, said inAlbanese also thanked the United States and United Kingdom for making Assange’s return possible.

 

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