Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

Hindustan Times  

By Lewis Jackson Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan? SYDNEY, - Julian Assange is en route to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan where he is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to a single criminal charge in a plea deal that will see him walk free and return home to Australia after a 14-year legal odyssey. U.S. prosecutors said Assange wanted to go to a court close to his home of Australia but not on the continental United States. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT U.S. prosecutors said Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents.

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The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange’s 12-year saga
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange’s 12-year saga

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — About a year and a half ago, a lawyer for Julian Assange presented federal prosecutors in Virginia with a longshot request: Dismiss the case against the WikiLeaks founder. The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months. About a year …

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss

Associated Press  

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of the United States. “People here have more important things to worry …

Why the hearing to free Julian Assange happened on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Why the hearing to free Julian Assange happened on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific

ABC  

Julian Assange's long-running legal odyssey has moved around the world, involving high-level negotiations across Australia, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ecuador. Seven years in an embassy, five years in prison, now Julian Assange looks set to come home Photo shows Younger Julian sat in front of microphones with a banner reading Human Rights in front of him …

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-26 10:16 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan, on June 26, 2024. WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department to avoid …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH

India TV News  

Canberra: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle over the release of classified US military secrets concluded in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, where he pleaded guilty to violating US espionage law. His release ended a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a …

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan, on June 26, 2024. WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department to avoid further prison time and ending …

The tourism island known for sandy beaches that will host the final act of Julian Assange’s legal odyssey
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The tourism island known for sandy beaches that will host the final act of Julian Assange’s legal odyssey

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Better known for its sandy …

The final chapter in a 14-year legal odyssey: Why is Julian Assange flying to remote island of Saipan in the Pacific?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The final chapter in a 14-year legal odyssey: Why is Julian Assange flying to remote island of Saipan in the Pacific?

Firstpost  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is currently headed to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan, where he is anticipated to enter a guilty plea on Wednesday for a single criminal charge. This plea deal is expected to result in his release, allowing him to return to Australia, his home country, after a lengthy legal journey spanning 14 years WikiLeaks …

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

Associated Press  

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, is escorted as he arrives at the United States …

Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?

Hindustan Times  

By Lewis Jackson Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan? SYDNEY - Julian Assange is en route to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan where he is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to a single criminal charge in a plea deal that will see him walk free and return home to Australia …

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