Julian Assange lands in Australia after walking free from US court

Julian Assange has been reunited with his family in Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing United States military secrets in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle. On Wednesday, 12 years after he locked himself in a London embassy to avoid possible extradition to the US, the WikiLeaks founder boarded a flight from the US-controlled Pacific island of Saipan to Canberra. Assange disembarked from a private jet in the Australian capital just after UK time, waving to waiting media before kissing his wife, Stella, and lifting her off the ground. He embraced his father before entering the terminal building with his legal team. #assange #australia #freedom Read more here: