“Julian Assange is free” and on Monday left the UK and the maximum-security prison near London where he had been held for five years, WikiLeaks said after revealing the 52-year-old’s plea deal.
According to WikiLeaks, the 52-year-old Australian left Belmars prison on Monday morning and was released in the afternoon at Stansted Airport, where he boarded a plane and left the UK.
Earlier, it became known that the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange reached an agreement with the American judiciary, which provides for a guilty plea to the illegal acquisition and disclosure of classified documents related to the military and diplomatic activities of the United States, in exchange for his release from prison. Britain and the end of its long-standing dispute with Washington.
What unspeakable crimes were committed by the American army and the mercenaries of Blackwater and Haliburton in Iraq and Afghanistan, we learned thanks to this man – Julian Assange, a real Hero of Humanity, who proved that no matter how powerful a state is can hide committed crimes. Because Julian Assange was not prosecuted either for misrepresenting the facts, nor for slandering or lying. Julian Assange was persecuted and hunted for telling the truth.
On the other hand, we should praise the American Justice and the US Legal system, because it has shown with its procedures that it is not obsessed with anyone and that it knows how to “forgive”.
The final chapter of Julian Assange’s “Odyssey” is expected on Wednesday in a court in Saipan in the Pacific Ocean – one of three islands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that are in political union with the US. The sentence imposed on him will be offset against the period of his detention in Britain and Julian Assange will be released to return to his homeland, Australia.
In a post on the X platform (formerly Twitter), WikiLeaks hailed the outcome as the result of “a global campaign” that reached as far as the United Nations. “As he returns to Australia, we thank everyone who has supported us, fought for us and remained fully committed to the fight for his freedom,” it says, adding: “Julian’s freedom is our freedom.”
“After more than five years in a 2x3m cell, isolated for 23 hours a day, he will soon be reunited with his wife Stella and their two children, who have only known their father behind bars,” WikiLeaks underlined .
