Breaking news: Julian Assange reaches a plea deal with the U.S. to return to Australia after facing espionage charges. Read more about this shocking twist!
Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with the US Justice Department. This unexpected turn of events brings an end to years of legal battles and international intrigue surrounding Assange's case. The deal includes Assange admitting to one charge of violating the Espionage Act, with a sentence of 62 months expected, equivalent to his time served in the UK. As a result, Assange will soon be freed and is set to return to his home country of Australia.
Despite the plea deal, the resolution of Assange's case has sparked mixed reactions. Some commend the agreement as a step towards closure, while others believe no judgment should be passed on Assange's actions. Labor's Julian Hill praised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his role in pursuing the resolution of Assange's case.
In a surprising twist, WikiLeaks confirmed that Assange had left a UK prison after striking the deal. This development marks a significant milestone in Assange's legal saga and raises questions about the future of WikiLeaks and its activism in the digital age.
Julian Assange's plea deal and impending release highlight the complexities of freedom of information and the legal consequences of whistleblowing. As Assange prepares to return to Australia, the impact of his actions and the ongoing debate over press freedom continue to reverberate globally.
The WikiLeaks founder has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with the US, bringing an abrupt conclusion to a criminal case of international intrigue and to ...
Julian Assange, founder of anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks , has reached a tentative deal to plead guilty to one charge of violating the Espionage Act for his.
Assange to plead guilty to one charge of espionage and return home to Australia after decades fighting US extradition.
Under the deal, Assange faces a sentence of 62 months, equivalent to the time he has already served in Britain. He is expected to be released and to return ...
After years of fighting extradition to the U.S. for revealing secret cables, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Justice Department to allow him to return to Australia after pleading guilty to violating American ...
Labor's Julian Hill says prime minister Anthony Albanese deserves 'enormous credit' for pursuing the resolution of Assange's case.
Wikileaks said its founder had left a UK prison after striking a deal to plead guilty to US criminal charges.
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.
'The case has dragged on too long,' prime minister says during question time.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty to violating United States espionage law in a deal that ends his imprisonment in Britain and allows ...
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with US prosecutors that would end the WikiLeaks founder's long-running legal saga over leaked documents and ...
The WikiLeaks founder is free after years-long legal battle that has stirred debate around the world on press freedom.
He's expected to plead guilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information, the Justice ...
The Espionage Act will still hang over the heads of journalists reporting on national security issues, not just in the US.
Almost 14 years after the mass leak of secret military and diplomatic files, the organisation's founder has struck a plea deal with the US, leaving prison ...
The WikiLeaks founder is due to return to Australia, after signing a US deal that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free.
Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange's ...
Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan, before returning home to Australia.
The WikiLeaks co-founder was released from Belmarsh prison on Tuesday morning after 1901 days of being kept inside the maximum-security location.
Human rights organisations want the next UK government to seek assurances from the US that it will not pursue journalists publishing classified information.
America was right to have sought his extradition. But a bit of compassion now does not go amiss. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out a plane's window ...
The WikiLeaks founder is headed to Saipan, the capital of the US commonwealth in the Pacific.
Stella Assange says she has not yet told the couple's two young sons about their father's release from prison.
Leftist film-maker Michael Moore applauds deal while Mike Pence says it 'dishonors' US military members.
The Northern Mariana Islands is a US territory and one of the closest to mainland Australia. Assange is expected to be there today to enter a guilty plea as ...
Australian pressure, British legal process and a US realisation it needed a deal led to Wikileaks founder's release.
Plane carrying WikiLeaks founder touched down more than two hours before the scheduled start of a plea hearing that is expected to result in his freedom.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at court alongside Kevin Rudd in Saipan, here he is expected to plead guilty to an espionage charge ahead of his ...
After spending seven years in an Ecuadorean embassy and five in prison, the US pursuit of him is drawing to a close.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty in a deal with the United States that would free him and send him to Australia.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to be freed after plea-deal court appearance on the US territory of Saipan.
Assange: Yes. Manglona: It is the finding of this court ... that the plea of guilty is now accepted. The defendant is found guilty. Share.
Assange pleaded guilty to a felony charge of violating the Espionage Act. His court hearing was held in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, ...
The resolution brings to a close a more than decade-long legal battle after Assange released a cache of classified US defence documents alleging war crimes ...
The United States' pursuit of Julian Assange for leaking state secrets has played out for more than a decade in courtrooms and government offices across the ...
A judge says she approved a plea deal with prosecutors, ending Julian Assange's 14-year legal ordeal.
A US judge on Wednesday afternoon approved a plea deal with prosecutors in Saipan, ending the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's, 14-year legal ordeal.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to a single felony charge for publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors.