The founder of WikiLeaks has reached an agreement with the US government.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and an internet journalist, is leaving a British prison and will soon be heading home to Australia. This news, citing a press release from a non-profit organization, was reported by WNTab on Tuesday, June 25.
It is reported that Assange has come to an agreement with the US Department of Justice, under which he will plead guilty to one of the charges – conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information. According to the charge, this crime would have resulted in a 62-month prison sentence. However, Assange has already served 1,901 days in a British prison, so he will be released from custody in the courtroom. The decision is to be announced in court in the Northern Mariana Islands – a US overseas territory. From there, the journalist will be able to go home to Australia.
Julian Assange is known as the founder of WikiLeaks – a non-profit organization that published confidential government data and documents. This includes information about US war crimes during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay prison, corruption among American high-ranking officials, and surveillance by White House intelligence agencies on the leaders of partner states.
The journalist was accused of various crimes, including rape – facing 18 charges that could have resulted in 175 years of imprisonment. Assange initially took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. When the government in the Latin American country changed, the journalist was handed over to the UK, where he was placed in a high-security prison.
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