US judge orders release of Wikileaks founder

by The Manila Times

Jun 27, 2024 12:09 am

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was freed by a US judge on Wednesday after pleading guilty in violating a United States espionage law.

'With this pronouncement, it appears that you will be able to walk out of this courtroom a free man,' Judge Ramona Manglona said in a court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a US Pacific territory.

HERO OR VILLAIN WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves the US Federal Courthouse in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Saipan on June 26, 2024. AFP photo

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