Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed from London jail in US plea deal

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Assange is heading back to the United States.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in the UK as part of a plea deal with the US government. The 52-year-old – who came to the international spotlight in 2010 after publishing a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning – was today released from the high security Belmarsh jail in London.

It is understood that the Australian national has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents. In return, Assange will walk free and return to his country after years in self-exile. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next This expected to take place in a court in the Northern Mariana Islands tomorrow morning.

 

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