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Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he has been freed after years of incarceration because “I pled guilty to journalism”. In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange gave evidence of the impact of his detention and conviction to the legal affairs and human rights committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday. The Parliamentary Assembly includes lawmakers from 46 European countries.
“I’m not yet fully equipped to speak about what I have endured - the relentless struggle to stay alive, both physically and mentally,” Assange said. The Australian internet publisher was accused of receiving and publishing hundreds of thousands of war logs and diplomatic cables that included details of US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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