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WikiLeaks founder pleads guilty: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will accept all the blame for leaking documents related to US national security under an agreement with the US government. Under this agreement, Julian Assange's 15-year legal battle will end and he will return to his home country Australia. Let's know what agreement was reached between Assange and the US government and about the WikiLeaks case…
These allegations were leveled against Julian Assange
Australian Julian Assange was accused of leaking thousands of confidential documents of the war between Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010-11. Assange also released footage of US airstrikes on Baghdad. Due to which he was arrested for violating US privacy protection. In addition, the US accused Julian Assange of conspiring to obtain classified documents along with former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Chelsea Manning pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents in 2023. But President Barack Obama commuted her 35-year prison sentence in 2017.
Assange made serious allegations of war crimes against US, British and NATO forces based on confidential documents. The US has accused Assange of spying on the US and revealing confidential files and endangering the lives of many people. However, Julian Assange has always denied these allegations.
What is the agreement between America and Assange?
Under the deal between the US and the WikiLeaks founder, Assange will admit all espionage charges against him in exchange for a 62-month prison sentence, although Assange has already served the sentence in a British prison. So, after 15 years, he will leave for his native country, Australia.
Wikileaks is a website that exposes government policies
Founded in 2006, WikiLeaks is a website that publishes important information about countries, governments and their policies. Which gives this information only to certain people. WikiLeaks leaked US military documents named Afghan War Diaries. Therefore Julian was arrested.
There were also allegations in Sweden
Assange was accused of rape by two Swedish women. He was arrested in London in 2010. Sweden sought extradition but Assange escaped arrest by taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012. After living in Ecuador for seven years, Hinkel left the bar after a dispute with embassy officials. He was later arrested by London police. After serving five years in a British prison, Assange would settle with the US government, ending a 15-year legal battle.