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Mixed reaction to Assange guilty plea

Supporters praised Assange's release from prison, but

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Julian Assange’s release frees up one UK prison cell, but why has it taken so long – and what about the others?

This case is nothing to be proud of. As politicians stood by, he suffered within a chaotic system they have done little to fix, says author Duncan Campbell

The Guardian - UK

'Sing Sing' screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast

As movie premieres go, the one for “Sing Sing” at Sing Sing prison was about as poignant as it gets

The Independent UK

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Julian Assange flies to the remote Pacific island of Saipan: where is it and what's next?

The WikiLeaks founder has been released from Belmarsh Prison in London — but why is going to an island famous for its role in the Second World War?

Evening Standard

Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens

An Albanian appeals court has upheld a sentence of two years in prison for an elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority

The Independent UK

‘It was a very tough period’: Italian antifascist MEP Ilaria Salis on her 15-month detention in Hungary

Activist says threat of up to 11 years in prison ‘still scares me a lot’ and she intends to speak up for prisoners’ rights

The Guardian - UK

WikiLeaks founder Assange en-route to final US court hearing ahead of release

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching a plea deal with US authorities that brings his long legal drama to a close.

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange To Be 'Free Man' After US Plea Deal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be a "free man", his wife said Tuesday, once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US authorities to bring to a close his years-long legal drama. Assange was released Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for…

International Business Times

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?

Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan, before returning home to Australia.

Al Jazeera

Julian Assange’s wife speaks of elation over plea deal

Stella Assange says she has not yet told the couple’s two young sons about their father’s release from prison

The Guardian - UK

Unseen Diplomatic Manoeuvres Helped Unlock Assange Deal

Behind closed doors, an Australia-US-UK diplomatic dance opened the way for a plea deal to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, analysts and a diplomat previously involved in the case told AFP. The 52-year-old Australian citizen walked out of his five-year visit to London's high-security Belmarsh prison on Monday after agreeing…

International Business Times

Washington v WikiLeaks: how the US pursued Julian Assange

Almost 14 years after the mass leak of secret military and diplomatic files, the organisation’s founder has struck a plea deal with the US, leaving prison in the UK to return to Australia

The Guardian - UK

‘Generational hero’: Julian Assange’s supporters hail his expected release

Activists and politicians celebrate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s freedom following a plea deal with the US.

Al Jazeera

Julian Assange leaves UK after reaching plea deal with US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison and left the UK after reaching a plea deal with US authorities.

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Afternoon Update: Julian Assange released from prison; the Greg Lynn trial verdict; and AI song generators sued

WikiLeaks founder’s mother says Assange’s ordeal ‘finally coming to an end’ – but freedom of the press still at stake

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Chicago Alderman Ed Burke Sentenced To Two Years In Prison

Former Chicago City Council member Ed Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison for corruption charges. Case highlights consequences of public corruption and ac...

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison

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‘Julian Assange is free’: Mike Pence says ‘miscarriage of justice’, Australian MP points to finish line

Julian Assange has been released from British prison, according to WikiLeaks, the organisation he founded. The outfit uploaded a video of him boarding a flight that left the UK at London’s Stansted airport on Monday evening.

Evening Standard

Julian Assange arrives on Pacific island for court hearing after striking US plea deal

WikiLeaks founder will return to home country after plea and sentencing in the Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth in the Western Pacific

The Guardian - AU

Explainer: who is Julian Assange and what are the details of his plea deal?

After five years in jail, Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to a single charge that will allow him to walk free and return to Australia

The Independent UK

More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear

U.S. citizens jailed in Russia include a Wall Street Journal reporter, a vacationing corporate security executive and a dual national visiting her family in Tatarstan

The Conversation

My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains

Julian Assange is out of prison, after agreeing to plead guilty to violating the US Espionage Act. He is expected to be freed after appearing in a US courtroom on the Northern Mariana Islands this week.

International Business Times

WikiLeaks Says Julian Assange Is 'Free,' Has Left UK

Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama.

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s mother grateful his ‘ordeal’ is ending as father welcomes ‘wonderful’ news

Christine Assange says release from prison shows ‘power of quiet diplomacy’ as she thanks those who ‘put Julian’s welfare first’

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