Julian Assange to go free as Wikileaks founder agrees US plea deal

After nearly 14 years ensconced at various times in a stately home, a foreign Embassy and then in a high security prison, the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has left the country.
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He had faced the threat of spending decades behind bars in an American federal jail, while critics say he put many lives at risk by releasing sensitive information.
But after reaching a plea deal with US authorities, all that stands between him and freedom is a court on a remote tropical island.
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[@HiboElmi-r5k]

If you expose the criminals you become guilty.

[@dontdoxmeforthis6398]

Expose crimes and they make you a criminal 💯

[@wanderlust0120]

"Mistakenly gunning down" Nice to see things haven't changed

[@jamierobertson5260]

couldnt believe what i was hearing LOL

[@cmciaranmasterson]

The men in the helicopter mistakenly believed that the cameras on the ground were grenade-launchers.

[@Wolfgxxxxxx]

That defintily stood out to me aswell

[@joni8090]

Bravo Julian & Family ! 🎉 🎉 🍻 🎉 🙏💞 💐 💐

[@tonywoodham3760]

I do hope and pray that Julian Assange is truly Free at last.

[@joanneholmes1603]

He's free and on his way to Australia.

[@jujutrini8412]

@@joanneholmes1603 A lot of us have such mistrust for USA that we won’t believe it until he touches down in Australia!

[@carolyndymond4065]

Me too.

[@christinegaynor8273]

Good luck Julian 🌹🌹🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪hopefully it's all over ❤

[@christinegaynor8273]

@@carolyndymond4065

[@joni8090]

How can Assange be Guilty of Disclosing American illegal Actions of MURDER !

[@JoBlack-dg6ey]

Murder & committing war crimes, crimes against humanity are apparently ok but exposing them isn't

[@fburton8]

Apparently it was just a "mistake".

[@cmciaranmasterson]

The men in the helicopter mistakenly believed that the cameras on the ground were grenade-launchers.

[@Yaz43487]

They treated this man unfairly. He’s his job to let the public know when the policies of our government is inhumane and breaking humanitarian law. This is why journalism is in the gutter right now. An absolute disgrace.

[@r200ti]

Journalism is dead. What few there are left admit this. As proved here, tell the truth and your done. And we are left with state stooges like C4.

[@itsmeagain7825]

He's a spy, nothing more.

[@FullAttach]

There’s no special rights anyone who steals and distributes internal and top-secret documents of another country.

[@Ken-yf8zl]

Rubbish, it was not his ‘job’ to leak sensitive documents and put lives at risk. This narcissistic individual should join his pals in Moscow. Putin needs some friends . Water finds its ‘ own level. Good riddance

[@GEAZER_ASMR]

he’s not free yet

[@curtisalex456]

The whole world watched and did nothing!! Even Ecuador caved in.

[@hansj.hobein5762]

The new leader of Ecuador got a billion dollar loan guarantee from the US. The british goverment cowtauing to the US kidnaped Julian and stuck him in the Belmarsh hole. Today Julian has no guarantee to survive CIA assassins.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

Got *GOT*

[@fleshboundtobone]

Why was he in solitary in Belmarsh? That's never really been made clear..?

[@fburton8]

Punishment, obviously! The State's boot pressing down on a human face.

[@jackdaniels4368]

Julian - probably one of the bravest and honourable men today. Thank you for your work. A journalist in the truest form.

[@iz5327]

He deserve freedom, he just told the world the truth.

[@joanneholmes1603]

Channel 4 your about 12 hours too late reporting on this.

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Hes already landed in Bangkok hours ago.

[@shaunmulligan8717]

Still waiting for a Channel 4 News report on the man carried on the bonnet of an IDF armed personnel carrier.

[@fahimal9417]

​@@shaunmulligan8717idf using pals as hooman sheild? Never! They are the most moral army of all times!

[@leeorr9071]

Yes freedom always wins in gods heart ❤️ and love ❤️

[@mystavalon200]

FREE ASSANGE

[@cowardly3348]

Where was channel 4 campaign to support and free Julian assange?

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

*Nowhere*

[@lorenacharlotte8383]

What is the agreement Assange has signed on with USA to be left free?. Why any new talks in detail about it?.

[@fleshboundtobone]

He has to ask to go free in a lady's voice then the judge will bang his hammer

[@stephenwalker2924]

@@fleshboundtobone ...whilst singing the Spam Song.

[@PetClipdog]

GOD BLESS him!!!

[@CarloPlotegher]

Congratulation to Julian Assange

[@prosimulate]

Wait till he’s free.

[@michelegregersen524]

All just because he won't rat out all the whistle blowers!! So ridiculous.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

hero

[@thanhcnguyen6274]

do we teach our kids to tell the truth at school?

[@fuckbankers]

About time.

[@joturner5709]

Hurrah!!! Hope he and his family can have many years of peace and justice...

[@dennis8196]

The US are known to have people having accidents

[@peabase]

I think you're confusing them with another country, where -accidents- political assassinations are routine. No prizes...

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

@@peabaseto be fair America killed several of their own presidents.

[@dennis8196]

@@peabase no, the US has disappeared people too, they just do it with finesse. The CIA rendered many Iraqi people and some of those were never seen again. The US complains about propaganda from other nations but haven't checked their cupboards for skeletons lately.

[@peabase]

@@UberFoX I think we're talking about the same country. As to the assassinated political enemies: Nemtsov, Prigozhin, Navalny... need I go on?

[@cleolector710]

Well we see if he gets to Australia safe You put Nothing past our west governments

[@BlackOmegaUK]

I guess he won't do that again

[@fburton8]

That's okay, as long as someone else does.

[@BlackOmegaUK]

@@fburton8 🤣

[@saheradhalla6064]

🤲🏻🌹🙏🏻

[@fuckbankers]

Are the SAS involved in Gaza?

[@redalert2834]

If only he had moved to live in Florida he could have enjoyed a life of blissful freedom, safe in the knowledge that Aileen Cannon couldn't give a hoot how many national secrets are made public.

[@Leon-lt5gv]

He must have gone guilty on somthing ' otherwise he would not have done a plea deal 🤔

[@MrMarshmelloBoi]

Besides slamming US military genocide, Assange should also criticise Israel's aggression in Gaza, and express condolences/sympathy to the Palestinians.

[@CC-me4sd]

Hopefully he will make it safely to Aussie. I would not trust the USA as far as i could throw them... Accidents and or sua cide seems to happen a lot to those who go against the grain in the US..

[@Jollofmuncher2000]

hes gonna die

[@GdyufBdhud]

J * A = THE LIGHTS

[@smokejaguar67]

I am so glad to see him within reach of his freedom at last

[@fahmad7194]

The controlled media is conteoversial as well as spineless. Julian Assange is what a journalist should be

[@MrMarshmelloBoi]

Jesus is with you 🙏🙏🙏 - the Obama family to Assange.

[@HzHz]

Guilty of telling the truth. I am delighted for Mr Assange & his wife. The disgraceful US trying to save face.

[@stephenwalker2924]

Trump loves WikiLeaks.

[@MCBOBO]

So you hide information from the public but when there exposed you get upset ? 😂 Not that much of a freedom isn't it ?

[@brycesweeney9237]

At last JUSTICE

[@يااللهيارب-ف2ق]

I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 4 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''' My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 20,000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 60,000 for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw...The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number 00967717354582 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you well..`/--~«««~-♡~♡~♡~~•~•~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡♡♡~~~: ~:~¡~¡~¡~;I.i.i.i.i.i. i.I.|-◖˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛˹˛•\°\^••\^\^••

[@dontdoxmeforthis6398]

THERE SHOULD NOT BE A PLEA DEAL! He SHOULD be FREE!!! He should have never had to go through this!

[@C.Goraya]

Long Iive journalist like him, long live Julian Assange

[@tobystarbuck3546]

The word "mistakenly" stands out like a sore thumb in this report.

[@andrewsamson384]

The guys a legend, no matter what, and shame of journalists who tried to make this look like the bad guy

[@stephenwalker2924]

'Mistakenly' gunned down? Wha? I've never even 'mistakenly' swallowed a bug or married a hamster.

[@TedThomasTT]

Mistakenly? Channel 4 is trash 🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮

[@SeekTruth4Freedom]

​​🧐 US/UK should give Mr Assange a billion dollars & make June 25 international Julian Assange day!😊

[@sybentley6675]

So glad.

[@brendo7363]

"MISTAKENLY"

[@sineadadamus2099]

Thank goodness! Great news for him and his family! Absolute travesty!

[@blastermaster5039]

The glowies need their privacy to conduct their activitiea

[@heitoramos]

01 Man vs whole Empire. True Hero! Thank you so much Mr Assange, we all know what is the empire is up to thanks to you. Much love!

[@cowardly3348]

Mr Assange honorary jedi master ❤

[@imranb4985]

The only people that would have condemned him are crooks or immoral individuals.

[@mrannonymous4822]

Something tells me he is not totally free he will always be looking over his shoulder

[@prestonworktop]

guess the man in charge at the time ie Keir starmer doesnt want assange on his plate when taking up his first day on the job pm

[@jujutrini8412]

Starmer is not in charge.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

​@jujutrini8412 🎯

[@PythonesqueSpam]

"..MISTAKENLY.." Like? Whoops my Apache Gunship went off again... Doh! FFS!

[@samiasafer450]

Bless him finally

[@cleolector710]

So americas policy is what we do is jept secret what you do is not

[@JoBlack-dg6ey]

The great man who exposed evil wrongdoing finally walks free. An absolute hero of our time. Can't wait for Julian to speak

[@andrepinto5826]

I would not be surprised if he dies before arriving home...

[@mothiurNCL]

USA colony in the middle of the Pacific

[@mj3026]

About time, I hope he gets his freedom and America doesn’t go back on their word

[@csharpe5787]

I really hope he manages to get over his appalling treatment hes been given. Being in prison for something you haven’t done, must be very heavy.

[@aidonger42069]

Rob D’mico is a coward

[@BslmUSA]

Free speech

[@owenchuarbx]

🎉

[@DeletedProgramming]

🥱

[@stephenwalker2924]

"...and my favourite song is 'Boring'." - Orange Juice, RIP IT UP (1982)

[@carolyndymond4065]

Safe journey, Julian I would have done the same as you as would many others.

[@daydreamer-ix2bo]

Legend.

[@rbir2653]

I knew he was guilty. He just admitted it. He could have saved himself a lot of agro if he admitted his guilt earlier. I hope this criminal can never return to Uk

[@FullAttach]

Yes, but he ran.

[@thebaldidiot]

An Australian citizen kept imprisoned illegally for years, not by Russia or Iran or North Korea or El Salvador but by England where (Article 6 of the human rights act 1988, provides citizens in our country, the right to a fair and public trial or hearing in relation to both criminal and civil matters. Section 2 of Article 6 states “Everyone charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed, innocent until proved guilty, according to law”) on the orders of the US!