After five years in jail, Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to a single charge that will allow him to walk free and return to Australia
Julian Assange has been freed from prison and is expected to plead guilty to a single US felony charge, in what could spell the end to a years-long saga that has spanned continents and seen him hailed as a champion of press freedom and a threat to national security.Assange was born in 1971 in Townsville, in the Australian state of Queensland. He became interested in computers at a young age and by the early 90s he was considered one of, an organisation that published leaked material.
Assange has been heralded by many around the world as a hero who brought to light US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan, but his reputation has also been tarnished by rape allegations, which he denies.An arrest warrant for Assange was issued in 2010 for two separate sexual assault allegations in Sweden. After a UK court ruled that he could be extradited to Sweden Assangewhere he was granted political asylum.
In 2021, a UK court said that Assange could be extradited to the US, but earlier this year he won the right to appeal that verdict.that called on the US and UK governments to allow Assange to return to his native country. Then in April, the US president, Joe Biden, said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution against Assange.
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