The WikiLeaks founder has left a London prison where he was held for more than five years.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived on a remote island in the Pacific where his long-running campaign to avoid extradition to the United States will formally end and he will be a free man.
He will pay half a million US dollars for a chartered flight from Stansted, accompanied by a WikiLeaks lawyer, a representative of the Australian government and a medic to check on his health.Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there.
Mrs Assange revealed her husband left Belmarsh in the early hours of Monday and spent several hours at Stansted before his flight left. “This has culminated in facilitating the arrangements necessary to enable Mr Assange to leave the UK legally and safely.” The statement continued: “He … was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.
GOOD NEWS: Julian Assange is on his way to freedom. Thank you to all those who have campaigned with us forHe said: “I’ve been very clear as both the Labour leader and opposition, but also as Prime Minister, that – regardless of the views that people have about Mr Assange’s activities – the case has dragged on for too long.
A letter to the United States chief judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands Ramona V Manglona, as seen by PA, also confirmed Assange intends to return to Australia once proceedings conclude. “WikiLeaks published ground-breaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people’s right to know.
Speaking from Australia, he said he hoped his son will spend time “walking along beaches and listening to birds” in the next few weeks and months.
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