He was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.
LONDON - Julian Assange’s wife Stella on June 24 thanked campaigners for their support as the WikiLeaks founder was“Julian is free!!!!” she wrote on the social media platform X following confirmation that he had left Belmarsh high-security prison in southeast London.
Ms Stella Assange met the Australian publisher while he was holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges that were later dropped. But WikiLeaks said in a statement: “Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of June 24, after having spent 1,901 days there.
The media freedom group said sustained campaigning, from grassroots supporters to political leaders and the United Nations, “created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice”, leading to a deal.Assange was initially detained for skipping bail in relation to the Swedish case and held in custody while the US extradition request wound its way through court.
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