Wednesday, June 26, 2024

SBS News: Anthony Albanese Details Speaking to Julian Assange as He Arrives in Australia

Jun 26, 2024 | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he returns to Australia a free man, 14 years after he published classified military documents.

The saga that started with Assange holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, before leading him to solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom, has come to an end in a Pacific tropical paradise.

Assange arrived alongside his support team and Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd at the US District Court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, just before 8am.