Network of Independent Activists and Journalists Wikileaks It was asked via social media late this Tuesday morning (25) that All attention is focused on the flight Its founder, Julian Assange, who left prison in London in the United Kingdom and boarded a jet to the Mariana Islands, remote area of the Pacific Ocean that belongs to the United States And where the journalist will appear before the judge to confirm the agreement that released him.
Assange’s plane stopped in Bangkok, Thailand and is on its way to the Mariana Islands. After the hearing with the judge, the journalist will fly to his home country of Australia. WikiLeaks, after Warning given by journalist’s wife Stella Assangebegan publishing a satellite monitoring website so people could follow the journalist’s flight, with the aim of Make sure it arrives safely to your countryBecause it would be in a remote area under North American jurisdiction.
“Julian Assange flight VJ199 has landed in Bangkok and will soon take off again and fly into US airspace where he will appear before a US judge. Please follow #AssangeJet we need everyone to keep an eye on his flight in case anything goes wrong. Wrong,” Stella wrote.
Later, she expressed her concerns again.
“Flight VJ199 will fly to Saipan soon. Saipan is a remote US overseas territory. It will enter the United States. Julian will not be safe until he lands in Australia. Please continue to follow his flight.”
The WikiLeaks network then backed up the warning.
“Julian Assange flight VJ199 took off from Bangkok, into US airspace and headed for the island of Saipan. All eyes on the #AssangeJet.”
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Assange free
Julian Assange is free. After spending 1,901 days in prison, he walked out of Belmarsh maximum security prison on Monday morning (24). He was granted bail by the High Court in London and released at noon at Stansted Airport, where he boarded a plane and flew to the UK. The journalist reached a deal with the US government and pleaded guilty to one of the charges.
Julian Assange’s lawyer and partner Stella Assange celebrated the journalist’s release on social media and thanked everyone for their support. Stella wrote, “Words cannot express our infinite gratitude to you – yes, you, who worked for years to make this a reality. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”
The first information, other than that released by WikiLeaks, indicates that Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to charges of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material in exchange for his release from a British prison.
Assange, who is 52 years old, will have to appear before a federal judge in the court of Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, one of the most remote outposts of the judiciary. The Northern Mariana Islands is a community in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in the United States and is close to Assange’s homeland Australia, where he will have to return after the deal is completed.
Assange is expected to appear in Saipan at 9 a.m. this Wednesday (26) and fly back to Australia “at the conclusion of the process,” Matthew J. McKenzie, an official in the department’s counterterrorism division, wrote in a letter sent to the judge in the case. The document in question was published by the New York Times.
The New York Times says the Biden administration was hoping for a settlement behind the scenes. According to the publication, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese suggested that US prosecutors needed to end the case and that President Biden was open to a quick resolution.
On behalf of the Prime Minister of Australia, an agreement was reached with the highest levels of the Department of Justice without additional jail time for Assange, given that the years Assange spent in the Ecuadorian embassy and then in prison in the United Kingdom had already been enough. In other words, his sentence was considered complete.
According to the NYT, it took weeks of negotiations for Assange to agree to plead guilty to one charge — conspiracy to reveal national defense information.
