WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been in British custody for five years
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released after five years in British custody. According to Urdu News, Julian Assange's wife Stella confirmed her husband's release by thanking social activists for campaigning on X. She said in her post that "Julian is free." He said he was released from Belmarsh maximum security prison in east London.
According to court documents, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in a US court to release military secrets in exchange for his release. Julian Assange is accused of leaking US military secrets related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Julian Assange spent 1,901 days in Belmarsh maximum security prison. WikiLeaks said in a statement that Julian Sange was granted bail by the High Court in London and was brought to Stansted Airport in the afternoon from where he boarded a plane. and departed from the United Kingdom.
A sustained campaign from grassroots support to political leaders and the United Nations led to lengthy negotiations with the US Department of Justice, which resulted in an agreement, Media Freedom said. As per the arrangement, he will now be reunited with his wife and two young children. Stella married Julian Assange during a ceremony at the prison. WikiLeaks has published reports of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions, the statement said. Held.
As editor-in-chief, Julian paid a heavy price for these principles and the people's right to know, the statement said. Stand by, fight for us, and remain fully committed to their fight for freedom. Julian Assange's freedom is our freedom. Recall that Julian Assange was first arrested in London in 2010 on a Swedish warrant accusing him of sexual assault.
He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 after a court ruled he could be extradited to Sweden for trial. He spent the next seven years in a small Ecuadorian embassy. Meanwhile, Swedish police also dropped the sexual assault charges, but British police arrested him earlier on charges of breaching bail conditions. Julian Assange ran an online platform for obtaining and publishing classified documents. Built in the name of Lex.