World leaders reacted to news that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will free him after a 14-year British legal battle and allow him to return home , in Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the case had been going on for a long time and that “there is nothing to be gained by continuing to imprison” Assange.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canal wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “The long and cruel punishment imposed on him for his denunciations of imperial crimes will remain in the memory of the people as proof of how little his jailers believe in freedom of the press. .”
Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador celebrated Assange’s release: “At least in this case, the Statue of Liberty did not remain an empty symbol; She is alive and happy like millions in the world.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro also congratulated the activist on his release on social media.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she was “very happy that this case, which was discussed with great emotion around the world and moved many people, has finally found a solution.”
Nicolás Maduro, president of Veneuzela, said: “We embrace and congratulate Julian Assange on his release. It is the triumph of freedom and humanity’s struggle for respect for Human Rights. Assange is an example of courage and bravery in the battle for the truth. Justice will always prevail!”
Bolivian President Luis Arce stated that the activist suffered “ferocious and unacceptable” persecution. “This event reminds us that revolutionary struggle is essential to achieving freedom and social justice,” said Arce.
Source: CNN Brasil
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