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Jeremy Corbyn speaks to Julian Assange and praises him for 'what you have endured'

‘You have made everyone who believes in peace, justice and freedom even more determined,’ the former Labour leader said

Evening Standard

Julian Assange Returns To Australia After Plea Deal

Julian Assange returns to Australia after plea deal in US court, highlighting his fight for free speech and ongoing support.

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Julian Assange told Anthony Albanese he ‘saved his life’ after landing in Australia

Julian Assange told Anthony Albanese he had “saved his life” in his first phone conversation after his chartered plane’s wheels touched down at Canberra’s RAAF base soon after 7:30pm on Wednesday.

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Assange’s return to Australia a ‘huge win for free speech’, says lawyer

The family and lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a press conference on Wednesday after his return to his home country of Australia following a plea deal with the US government. Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson described his release as a "huge win for free speech".

France 24

WikiLeaks Founder Assange Returns Home A Free Man

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man Wednesday after admitting he revealed US defense secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell.

International Business Times

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets

The Independent UK

Julian Assange’s wife overcome with emotion as he returns to Australia a free man after US plea deal

Stella Assange was speaking after her husband landed in the Australian capital of Canberra following a six-hour flight from the island of Saipan, where he pleaded guilty to one charge at a US court under a plea deal which sets him free

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‘He needs time’: wife pleads for privacy as Julian Assange reunited with family after landing in Australia

Supporters and family members, including his father, John Shipton, and wife, Stella Assange, gathered in Canberra to welcome him

The Guardian - AU

'Chilling' precedent as Assange heads home

Many are celebrating as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange heads home, but politicians warn the conditions of his release set an alarming precedent.

AAP

Julian Assange: Stella Assange says WikiLeaks founder needs time to ‘let our family be a family’ before speaking publicly – as it happened

Stella Assange says husband needs time to recuperate after arriving in Australia following plea deal with US

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange Pleads Guilty In Wikileaks Case, Avoids Prison Time

Julian Assange pleads guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose national defense information, avoiding prison time and returning to Australia. Legal batt...

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Julian Assange Released After Plea Deal With US Government

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, released after 12 years following a plea deal with the US government. His legal battle, global impact, and family's r...

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Julian Assange Agrees To Plead Guilty In US Case

Julian Assange agrees to plead guilty to a felony charge, potentially avoiding US imprisonment. Deal includes a 62-month sentence, equivalent to time serve...

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Watch: Julian Assange lands on Pacific island after release from prison

Watch as Julian Assange arrives at Saipan International Airport in the Northern Mariana Islands for his court hearing to plead guilty to violating US espionage law following his release from prison in the UK on Tuesday, 25 June.

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Evening Standard

A cult, homelessness and a teenage marriage: the extraordinary life of Julian Assange

After a fourteen year legal battle, Julian Assange is a free man. Emma Loffhagen reports on the Wikileaks founder’s tumultuous life

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Experts warn Julian Assange plea deal could set dangerous precedent

Human rights organisations want the next UK government to seek assurances from the US that it will not pursue journalists publishing classified information

Radio France Internationale

WikiLeaks founder Assange en-route to final US court hearing ahead of release

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching a plea deal with US authorities that brings his long legal drama to a close.

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The Independent UK

Julian Assange plea deal: What happens next for the WikiLeaks founder

The WikiLeaks founder’s wife, Stella Assange, said she is looking forward to a ‘new chapter’ in Australia and wants prioritise her husband’s health

Al Jazeera

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?

Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan, before returning home to Australia.

The Guardian - UK

Julian Assange’s wife speaks of elation over plea deal

Stella Assange says she has not yet told the couple’s two young sons about their father’s release from prison

Evening Standard

Julian Assange's wife tells of 'elation' as she looks forward to reunion with freed husband in Australia

Stella Assange says she is ‘elated - frankly it’s just incredible, it feels like it’s not real’

The Independent UK

Julian Assange plea deal – live: Stella Assange wants ‘new chapter’ and says kids unaware father to be freed

Stella Assange told the couple’s chidren there was a ‘big surprise’ as they boarded a plane to Australia

The Independent UK

Don’t judge Julian Assange for taking US plea deal, says Australian MP

Australian MP says ‘enough is enough’, raising concerns over Assange’s ‘fragile’ health

Newslaundry

‘Julian Assange is free’: Mike Pence says ‘miscarriage of justice’, Australian MP points to finish line

Julian Assange has been released from British prison, according to WikiLeaks, the organisation he founded. The outfit uploaded a video of him boarding a flight that left the UK at London’s Stansted airport on Monday evening.

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