Julian Assange lands in Australia a free man
by Pa Reporters
Jun 26, 2024
4 minutes
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived in his native Australia to be reunited with his family and start a new life as a free man.
He flew into the country’s capital Canberra on Wednesday in the final act of an extraordinary few days following his dramatic release from a London prison.
He will be met by his wife Stella, children Gabriel and Max, father John and other members of his family for an emotional reunion.
His freedom followed a two-hour court appearance before a judge in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific just after midnight, where he pleaded guilty to a single charge after the US dropped 17 other espionage charges
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