After agreeing a plea deal with US prosecutors over espionage charges, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange,arrived in his native Australia on Wednesday. An extraordinary 14-year legal odyssey comes to an end with the deal. Although Assange’s supporters welcomed his release,but say the prosecution sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom.
This week, Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent being extradited to the United States from Britain on espionage charges relating to the publication of thousands of stolen military and diplomatic cables.
Julien Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over the allegations of sexual assault. But Ecuador abruptly withdrew its asylum Thursday and allowed U.K. police to arrest the WikiLeaks co-founder