Wife: Assange wants to swim in the sea and "enjoy his freedom"
Julian Assange, he swims in the sea every day. He plans to sleep in a proper bed. He wants to try real food. And he plans to enjoy his freedom, Stella Assange said. Her husband had not seen his two children since his landing in Australia. They were therefore somewhere else and were sleeping when Assange's plane landed in Canberra on a Wednesday.
Stella Assange said she had sent her husband a video at the day of his hearing before a US court, on which it could be seen that their children were "jumping around on the sofa in anticipation of their father's return."
The WikiLeaks founder returned to his homeland Australia on a Wednesday after a total of twelve years of asylum and prison in the UK. The 52-year-old had confessed to a conspiracy to provide information relating to national defense in a US court as part of an agreement with US justice. A US judge declared at a hearing in the Pacific territory of the Northern Mariana Islands on a Wednesday that Assange was now a "free man." The Australian then flew towards his homeland.
Assange was formally sentenced to a prison term of five years and two months at the hearing. However, this sentence is considered served due to his corresponding detention time in a British prison. Before his imprisonment, Assange had lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years.
Assange is accused of releasing around 700,000 confidential documents about US military and diplomatic activities since 2010 in the USA. The papers contained sensitive information about US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other things, including the killing of civilians and the mistreatment of prisoners by US military personnel.
For his supporters, Assange is a hero who fights for free speech. His critics see him as a traitor who endangered US security and intelligence sources.
- Despite his prison stay, Julian Assange expressed his desire to swim in the sea every day upon returning to Australia, as mentioned by his wife Stella.
- Stella Assange also shared that her husband had not seen his children since his landing in Canberra, as they were somewhere else when his plane arrived.
- In Canberra, a video showed Assange's children "jumping around on the sofa in anticipation of their father's return," which Stella sent to him on the day of his hearing in the US court.
- The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, returned to his homeland Australia after a total of twelve years of asylum and prison in the UK, following a US court verdict in the Pacific territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Assange had confessed to a conspiracy to provide information relating to national defense in a US court, leading to a prison sentence of five years and two months, but due to his detention time in a British prison, the sentence was considered served.
- Assange's supporters view him as a hero fighting for free speech, while his critics see him as a traitor who endangered US security and intelligence sources, stemming from his release of around 700,000 confidential documents through WikiLeaks.
