The founder of WikiLeaks will be “free” when the American justice system accepts the historic plea agreement reached by the Australian with the North American authorities, his wife, Stella, said on Tuesday.
Tuesday June 25, 2024 6:58 hrs.
Julian Assange in August 2014. Photo from ARCHIVE Europa Press.
Julian Assange, 52, will be “free” when the American justice system accepts the historic plea agreement reached by the Australian with the North American authorities.his wife, Stella, told the BBC this Tuesday.
“There is a principle of agreement between Julian and the Department of Justice” of the North American country, “which must be ratified by a judge from the Mariana Islands,” a US territory in the Pacific, declared Stella Assange.
AssangeHe will be a free man once the agreement is ratified by the judge“, which will happen “tomorrow,” Wednesday, said the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks.
Stella Asssange said the deal involved her husband pleading guilty to one charge.
“The charge refers to acts of espionage and the obtaining and dissemination of information on national defense.“said the wife.
“I am elated. Frankly, it’s just incredible,” Stella Assange told BBC Radio from Australia.
Julian Assange reached a plea agreement with the United States justice system in exchange for regaining freedom after five years of detention in the United Kingdomaccording to court documents released Monday.
The Australian left Belmarsh prison in London and took a flight at Stansted airport.
“We weren’t really sure until the last 24 hours that this was actually happening“, the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks told the BBC.
“The important thing here is that the agreement implied time served that, if he signed it, he could be free,” he explained.
Pursued by US authorities for having revealed hundreds of thousands of confidential documents, The Australian must appear in federal court on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. (23:00 GMT) in the Mariana Islands..
Stella Assange told the BBC that the end of the years-long legal process, when her husband boarded a plane from London to Bangkok on Monday, had been a “whirlwind of emotions”.
“The priority now is for Julián to recover his health“added Stella Assange, with whom the WikiLeaks founder has two children.
“He has been in terrible condition for five years and wants to be in contact with nature. “That’s what we both want now, to have time and privacy, and just start this new chapter,” concluded the 40-year-old lawyer, born in South Africa.
Julian Assange, 52, will be “free” when the American justice system accepts the historic plea agreement reached by the Australian with the North American authorities.his wife, Stella, told the BBC this Tuesday.
“There is a principle of agreement between Julian and the Department of Justice” of the North American country, “which must be ratified by a judge from the Mariana Islands,” a US territory in the Pacific, declared Stella Assange.
AssangeHe will be a free man once the agreement is ratified by the judge“, which will happen “tomorrow,” Wednesday, said the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks.
Stella Asssange noted that the agreement involved her husband pleading guilty to one charge.
“The charge refers to acts of espionage and the obtaining and dissemination of information on national defense.“said the wife.
“I am elated. Frankly, it’s just incredible,” Stella Assange told BBC Radio from Australia.
Julian Assange reached a plea agreement with the United States justice system in exchange for regaining freedom after five years of detention in the United Kingdomaccording to court documents released Monday.
The Australian left Belmarsh prison in London and took a flight at Stansted airport.
“We weren’t really sure until the last 24 hours that this was actually happening“, the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks told the BBC.
“The important thing here is that the agreement implied time served that, if he signed it, he could be free,” he explained.
Pursued by US authorities for having revealed hundreds of thousands of confidential documents, The Australian must appear in federal court on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. (23:00 GMT) in the Mariana Islands..
Stella Assange told the BBC that the end of the years-long legal process, when her husband boarded a plane from London to Bangkok on Monday, had been a “whirlwind of emotions”.
“The priority now is for Julián to recover his health“added Stella Assange, with whom the WikiLeaks founder has two children.
“He has been in terrible condition for five years and wants to be in contact with nature. “That’s what we both want now, to have time and privacy, and just start this new chapter,” concluded the 40-year-old lawyer, born in South Africa.
Julian Assange, 52, will be “free” when the American justice system accepts the historic plea agreement reached by the Australian with the North American authorities.his wife, Stella, told the BBC this Tuesday.
“There is a principle of agreement between Julian and the Department of Justice” of the North American country, “which must be ratified by a judge from the Mariana Islands,” a US territory in the Pacific, declared Stella Assange.
AssangeHe will be a free man once the agreement is ratified by the judge“, which will happen “tomorrow,” Wednesday, said the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks.
Stella Asssange noted that the agreement involved her husband pleading guilty to one charge.
“The charge refers to acts of espionage and the obtaining and dissemination of information on national defense.“said the wife.
“I am elated. Frankly, it’s just incredible,” Stella Assange told BBC Radio from Australia.
Julian Assange reached a plea agreement with the United States justice system in exchange for regaining freedom after five years of detention in the United Kingdomaccording to court documents released Monday.
The Australian left Belmarsh prison in London and took a flight at Stansted airport.
“We weren’t really sure until the last 24 hours that this was actually happening“, the wife of the founder of WikiLeaks told the BBC.
“The important thing here is that the agreement implied time served that, if he signed it, he could be free,” he explained.
Pursued by US authorities for having revealed hundreds of thousands of confidential documents, The Australian must appear in federal court on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. (23:00 GMT) in the Mariana Islands..
Stella Assange told the BBC that the end of the years-long legal process, when her husband boarded a plane from London to Bangkok on Monday, had been a “whirlwind of emotions”.
“The priority now is for Julián to recover his health“added Stella Assange, with whom the WikiLeaks founder has two children.
“He has been in terrible condition for five years and wants to be in contact with nature. “That’s what we both want now, to have time and privacy, and just start this new chapter,” concluded the 40-year-old lawyer, born in South Africa.
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