{"id":34517,"date":"2024-06-24T22:55:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=34517"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:55:56","slug":"julian-assange-is-finally-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-finally-free\/","title":{"rendered":"JULIAN ASSANGE IS FINALLY FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>June 24, 2024 (consortiumnews.com)<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=JULIAN%20ASSANGE%20IS%20FINALLY%20FREE&amp;url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/&amp;title=JULIAN%20ASSANGE%20IS%20FINALLY%20FREE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/&amp;title=JULIAN%20ASSANGE%20IS%20FINALLY%20FREE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsortiumnews.com%2F2024%2F06%2F24%2Fjulian-assange-is-free%2F&amp;name=JULIAN+ASSANGE+IS+FINALLY+FREE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=JULIAN%20ASSANGE%20IS%20FINALLY%20FREE&amp;Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;<em>WikiLeaks<\/em>&nbsp;publisher left Belmarsh Prison on Monday morning and departed the U.K. headed to Australia,&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>WikiLeaks&nbsp;<\/em>said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57.png 1000w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-57-250x137.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Assange-boards-plane.png\"><\/a><em>Assange. boards plane at Stansted Airport in London a free man after striking a deal with the U.S. government.\u00a0(WikiLeaks\u00a0video via X)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE<br><br>Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a\u2026<\/p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/1805390138945528183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/tag\/joe-lauria\/\">Joe Lauria<\/a><br><\/strong><em>Special to Consortium News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1New-Joe-Hed.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1New-Joe-Hed-100x100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88773\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>J<\/strong>ulian Assange has agreed to a plea deal with the United States. He left Belmarsh on Monday and is headed to Australia,&nbsp;<em>WikiLeaks<\/em>&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK,\u201d&nbsp;<em>WikiLeaks<\/em>&nbsp;said in a tweet early Tuesday morning London time.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella Assange,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Stella_Assange\/status\/1805393089819033890\">&nbsp;tweeted<\/a>: \u201cJulian is free!!!! Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true. THANK YOU. tHANK YOU. THANK YOU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assange was released as a result of a plea deal with the United States, the BBC reported. The British national broadcaster said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAccording to CBS, the BBC\u2019s US partner, Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assange will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal \u2013 which will see him plead guilty to one charge \u2013 is expected to be finalised in a court in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, 26 June.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/us\/politics\/assange-plea.html\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that Assange agreed to the one count of the Espionage Act \u2014 \u201cconspiracy to disseminate national defense information\u201d \u2014&nbsp; in exchange for a five year sentence, which the U.S. agreed had already been served on remand in Belmarsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WikiLeaks<\/em>&nbsp;released this video of Assange walking onto the pane on his way out of London, where he was imprisoned for five years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Julian Assange boards flight at London Stansted Airport at 5PM (BST) Monday June 24th. This is for everyone who worked for his freedom: thank you.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedJulianAssange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedJulianAssange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pqp5pBAhSQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Pqp5pBAhSQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/1805391265489731716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/north-america\/julian-assange-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-us-espionage-charge-document-says-20240625-p5joh5.html\">reported:<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cA court filing outlines a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newspaper said Assange pleaded \u201cguilty to an Espionage Act charge of conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information, the Justice Department said in a letter filed in court.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce Afran, a U.S. constitutional lawyer, told&nbsp;<em><strong>Consortium News<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;that a plea deal does not create a legal precedent. Therefore Assange\u2019s deal would not jeopardize journalists in the future of being prosecuted for accepting and publishing classified information from a source because of Assange\u2019s agreeing to such a charge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mariana Islands are a U.S. territory where Assange will complete the deal in a U.S. federal court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTechnically, he is coming to the U.S., [on the Mariana Islands] but not to the district where he was indicted,\u201d Afran said. \u201cAnd he could be taken into custody, but we assume the U.S. will act in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58-250x136.png 250w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-58.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Assange-at-Stansted.png\"><\/a>Assange walking free at Stansted Airport in London.\u00a0(<em>WikiLeaks<\/em>\u00a0video via X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59.png 1000w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59-150x82.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-59-250x136.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Assange-with-Gareth.png\"><\/a>Assange discusses plea deal with his lawyer Gareth Pierce.\u00a0(<em>WikiLeaks<\/em>\u00a0via X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aitor Martinez, a lawyer for Assange, released the charges that Assange apparently pled guilty to. He wrote: \u201cJulian Assange has agreed a deal with the DoJ so he is finally FREE.\u201d The document Martinez attached to his tweet reads:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PLEA-DEAL-ONE.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PLEA-DEAL-ONE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113707\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PLEA-DEAL-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PLEA-DEAL-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113708\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>BREAKING MORE TO FOLLOW. PLEASE CHECK BACK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Consortium News<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0and a former U.N. correspondent for\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe<\/strong><\/em><strong>, and other newspapers, including\u00a0<em>The Montreal Gazette,\u00a0<\/em>the London<em>\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Star<\/em>\u00a0of Johannesburg. He was an investigative reporter for the\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Sunday Times\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>of London, a financial reporter for\u00a0<em>Bloomberg News<\/em>\u00a0and began his professional work as a 19-year old stringer for\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The New York Times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>He is the author of two books,\u00a0<em>A Political Odyssey<\/em>, with Sen. Mike Gravel, foreword by Daniel Ellsberg; and\u00a0<em>How I Lost By Hillary Clinton<\/em>, foreword by Julian Assange.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/\">https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2024\/06\/24\/julian-assange-is-free\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 24, 2024 (consortiumnews.com) The&nbsp;WikiLeaks&nbsp;publisher left Belmarsh Prison on Monday morning and departed the U.K. headed to Australia,&nbsp;&nbsp;WikiLeaks&nbsp;said. Assange. boards plane at Stansted Airport in London a free man after striking a deal with the U.S. government.\u00a0(WikiLeaks\u00a0video via X) JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. 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