London/Washington: Julian Assange (52), the founder of WikiLeaks, who became famous around the world by revealing the secret military documents of the United States and who was the target of the intense anger of the United States, has made a 'deal' with the United States and has been released from a high security prison in Britain after five years.
He has traveled to the Mariana Islands near Australia and will appear before the US court there. According to the agreement already reached between Assange and the US, Assange will plead guilty before the court to having committed a criminal offense by leaking secret documents. The court will impose the same sentence as he has already served in Britain. Hence, he will be released immediately and then he will go to his home country Australia. His wife and children have already reached Australia. Controversy leader Assange:
In 2010, WikiLeaks released the secret documents of the US military. Due to this, documents that were not available to anyone were exposed to the world. Assange's move was a target of American anger. A case of rape had been registered against Assange in Switzerland before action was taken against him.
Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian consulate in 2012 when it became known that the Swiss government would deport him. In 2019, Ecuador revoked his diplomatic asylum. Assange was arrested by the British police after he did not attend the deportation hearing.
In the meantime, the US government had submitted an extradition request to Britain, but the Swiss government had canceled the case against Assange as it had been many years since the case had been filed. At the request of the Australian government, the United States had offered to release Assange without taking any strict action on mutual understanding. It has now been implemented.
As a result, Assange has agreed to face trial on an American island near Australia instead of being tried in any of the 50 US states.