Julian Assange en route to US Pacific island after accepting US plea deal – live
Julian Assange to be sentenced at a hearing on the US territory island of Saipan Wednesday; WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will seek a US pardonAssange released from prison after striking deal with USExplainer: what are the details of the plea deal?Analysis: not a clear victory for freedom of the pressThe plea agreement comes months after the US president, Joe Biden, said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Assange.Assange was indicted during the former president Donald Trump’s administration over WikiLeaks’ mass release of secret US documents, which were leaked by Chelsea Manning, a former US military intelligence analyst who was also prosecuted under the Espionage Act. Continue reading...

Julian Assange to be sentenced at a hearing on the US territory island of Saipan Wednesday; WikiLeaks founder’s wife says he will seek a US pardon
- Assange released from prison after striking deal with US
- Explainer: what are the details of the plea deal?
- Analysis: not a clear victory for freedom of the press
The plea agreement comes months after the US president, Joe Biden, said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Assange.
Assange was indicted during the former president Donald Trump’s administration over WikiLeaks’ mass release of secret US documents, which were leaked by Chelsea Manning, a former US military intelligence analyst who was also prosecuted under the Espionage Act. Continue reading...