“After 14 years of legal battles, Julian Assange is free to go home,” lawyer Jennifer Robinson told reporters outside the court on the island of Saipan, where the WikiLeaks founder’s deal with US justice was upheld. Judge Ramona Manglona accepted his guilty plea to conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified US national security documents, and released him because of time he had already served in a British prison. The 52-year-old Assange leaves Saipan by private jet for Canberra, Australia, accompanied by the Australian ambassadors to the US and Britain. “Today is a historic day,” said defense attorney Jennifer Robinson. “It is a great relief for Julian Assange … for his friends, his family, his supporters, for us, for everyone who believes in free speech around the world … that he can now return to Australia and be reunited with his family of”, he added. […]
Source: News Beast
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