Watch again: Julian Assange lands in Australia after walking free in US plea deal
Julian Assange lands in Australia after walking free on Wednesday 26 June from a court on the US Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law, in a deal that allowed him to head straight home.
His release ends a 14-year legal saga in which Mr Assange spent more than five years in a British high-security jail and seven years in asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London battling extradition to Sweden on sexual assault allegations and to the US, where he faced 18 criminal charges.
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At last he is a free man , God bless .
@StuartLaw-sz9iq
3 күн бұрын
Free debatable, none of us are free. As every day goby or supposed freedoms are being eroded. Prime example did you were your mask and took your vaxine if so you muzzeled yourself. Shame on you.
@lsmith6378
3 күн бұрын
Here comes trouble.
@testoftimegaming5219
3 күн бұрын
Garntee if china did the same to someone that would not be your response
They almost killed him. Disgraceful Sweden, USA& UK
@rb1062
3 күн бұрын
Totally agree!
@Luming-di9rf
3 күн бұрын
The downfall of the West is inevitable!
@davidroberts4398
3 күн бұрын
DON'T FORGET HIS OWN GOVERNMENT???.
@gordonstrong5232
3 күн бұрын
Tbf, it was the US federal legal system that released him.
@tedthesailor172
3 күн бұрын
I think it's obvious why the UK went along with it, but I wonder what Sweden got for its trouble...
UK preach human right, locked him for decade without any trial.
Fantastic endurance shown by a great & noble man. 🎉
@soaringbird-lf7sh
3 күн бұрын
Apparently he threw his faeces at people and smeared them all over the room and walls in the embassy... Real noble
@CL-un9gg
3 күн бұрын
@@soaringbird-lf7sh ah, the old chit protest! Long understood as the statement of truth 🤣
I am in tears watching him ❤
Thank God. Happy day around the world. So glad for Mr. Assange!!
Such beautiful moment, he is free!
Oh I cried god bless him
Tony Blair was awarded the Knight of the Garter while this champion of freedom rotted in Belmarsh. Let that sink in.
@RobertWilletts-yk1yv
3 күн бұрын
What did Tony Blair do to get a knight hood, I can't think of anything.
@davidegral7152
3 күн бұрын
That is what we would expect in a realm that is run by Demons.
@linngu2594
3 күн бұрын
@@RobertWilletts-yk1yvjoining Bush Jr to illegally invaded IIraq for oil but at their perils & pain they left behind
@willmac5642
3 күн бұрын
@@RobertWilletts-yk1yvservices to Murdochs ex wife
My god how beautiful it is to see them kissing, welcome home Julian Assange... May life be sweet, you have some time to catch up on... 💕💕❤❤
Well done Julian you’re my hero❤
@jaysummers9396
3 күн бұрын
Yeah, what a hero, he's sat in jail for the last 12 years and has achieved absolutely nothing 😂😂..
@letsgobrandon5502
3 күн бұрын
@@jaysummers9396you're to brainwashed by MSM to realise what he's done
@letsgobrandon5502
3 күн бұрын
@@jaysummers9396that stupid tattoo on your face haha makes you look even more gay than you you already did
@danthelambboy
3 күн бұрын
@@jaysummers9396he has caused many people to not vote for the military industrial complex. I would never vote Labour or Conservative in the UK as a result
@jaysummers9396
3 күн бұрын
@@danthelambboy Hahaha, oh really? Do you have any metric to support your claims? And furthermore, what do you think not voting Labour or Conservative is going to achieve, exactly? The government is the government, it doesn't matter what the party is called 🙄 you seem extremely naive to how the human species has operated for thousands of years 😂😂...
Im so glad he is free been praying for him for yrs.
Im so happy for this good man and his family hes been through hell . Thats what happens when you tell the truth in thes DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES ????
@MrRoblig1
3 күн бұрын
Time for a Republic
Welcome home, our hero! ❤🎉😊
Hero of the whole world ✊👍
May happiness bestow you.😊
Many years to come ❤noble man always 🙏
God bless Assange.
The people of the world have been praying for this day.❤🙏.protect this man from the evil elite please.
Praise the Lord...FREE AT LONG LAST! God Bless Julian & his family ♥♥♥What they did to this man for speaking & showing the truth is a crime against humanity. They will pay in the end, Amen.
@suenolan3086
3 күн бұрын
Amen sister!
BEST 1
Our judicial system isn't fit for purpose, its obvious to see it is not independent or a break on the misrule of the state.
Wow what an Ordeal he has faced. Well Done. Welcome Home to Oz!
Oh Julien What a hero You are Awesome Wishing you every Health, Happiness and Luck❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Enjoy your freedom & continue to speak the truth. Happiness & good health to you & your family. 🎉
Forget the deal. He showed the world the truth. A living legend👍❤
Time to get the hob nobs out
Why on earth was he kept in ( Cat A ) Belmarsh ? ...... He could have just as easily been housed in ( Cat C ) Brixton , doing a spot of gardening to help him spend his days more humanely ... ( ? ) ......... DAVE™🛑
@peerpaulin8486
3 күн бұрын
It's all about punishment to avoid anybody else doing what he did.
@user-kv2rz3mw2b
3 күн бұрын
Flight risk he has got form.
@JasonEagles-hw4rl
3 күн бұрын
@@user-kv2rz3mw2bgot form of escaping from prison? He’s never been in prison before this!
@alicedruggan9701
3 күн бұрын
That prison is full of the worst kind of Islamic im so glad he's free at last
@davidegral7152
3 күн бұрын
@@JasonEagles-hw4rl you’ve been baited by an idiot
Freeeeeeeeeedom
tears of joy for Julian Assange and his family
Bless this man and his family… keep him and his family safe !
Welldone julian welcome home. You realy are a hero
Super gute Nachricht.
It's A hefty price to pay for those who dare to Speak the truth !!!! Julian A. Is one of them !!! He really deserve to be Free !!!!
So grateful. Capetown SA
Very proud of Stella. ❤
Prayers answered ,thank god he is home .
Hero of the world
"There's a time for everything under the sun--a turn--for every season." King Solomon book Ecclesiastes in Bible. Time physics is Karma, balance. Julian has many friends why? He is a rare, selfless, pure heart I met long ago.
hallelujah and amen! at last he’s free!
Julian represents a better world a world i want to be part of.
So happy for you Julian!!! Hero!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Im very happy for this great man and his family. May god panish those who hold you so long for telling the truth.
This is the day we all dreamt of, it has come true, against all the huge odds. Prayers/good wishes to Julian, Stella and beautiful boys in their new life - no more separation! Shame on Sweden, shame on the US and shame on the UK/Theresa May, we curse you for the harm you did to Julian for over a decade, with total impunity.
A wonderful day.
Wishing Mr Assange joy and happiness for the rest of his life. Hope he stops, noone really cares, noone canq do anything so whats the point I sacrificing his life to just get some news out. 🙏 ❤🎉🍻 👏 ✌️
Brilliant...brave man..God bless him
Now for a well earned rest with family.
Welcome home Julian...!!! 🎉
🩷 Freiheit & Frieden für Julian 💜 Er ist ein Held für die ganze Welt 🌎 Gottes Schutz und Segen für ihn 💫
Awww I had so many tears of happiness!
What a hero! 😪
This people are wicked
WELCOME BACK FREE JULIAN ASSANGE ✌🏼🥳🔴🤗🎁🛣️🆓🍹🍾🥂
Home at last, thank God 🇬🇧
Julian Assange é a LUZ do nosso planeta terra ❤❤❤❤❤
I cant believe he got out alive
Australia should provide him security before CIA come and take him
14:20 he starts to appear from plane
❤
Something doesn’t feel right about it
Welcome home mate ❤
Absolutely wonderful news. But his detention as a political prisoner will ever be a dark stain upon human rights in the west - especially shameful for the UK. Now let's see that other innocent whistleblower Edward Snowdon pardoned, and also our own Tommy Robinson freed from the clutches of Canada's thought police...
@jonathangems
3 күн бұрын
Three modern-day saints. Three outstanding individuals who have sacrificed their lives for the good of humanity.
He could have easily disappeared without a trace. Thanks to all these brave journalists , upholders of truth and moral human beings who never let the story go and demanded he be set free. Special thanks to Amy Goodman and Democracy Now, for highlighting his story. When we as human beings hold on to our morality and humanity, we will see truth established in the world...now, free Palestine!
The hero's ❤
Thx❤🎉🎉🎉💚💙🩵🥰😍🌹🌺
I’m so happy you are free. Please know that the People of the USA are on your side. If President Biden okayed this deal it’s only because it’s an election year. They are trying to get him reelected. Regardless the government is totally messed up. I wish you and your Family much happiness. The truth is always the best. Love to you all.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
2024 highlight, Welcome home Julian
Just popped in to press a thumb-up
Sweden is a very odd country. With the immigration stance and this situation
Who's paying for all this?
@swag12344
3 күн бұрын
Me, you're welcome.
oh, so the Independent HAS heard of Assange. Wouldnt know it through years of legal battles, imprisonment and US assassination attempts. Still its about the survival of serious journalism and what do they care about that ?
I understand him, but wouldn ´ t even go there. All australians turned back on him. Protect him and his family….
@alicedruggan9701
3 күн бұрын
They should be proud of a hero of FREE SPEACH
Soooo HAPPY for him 😁
ahoy !!! Clone Julian is alive !!!! what a wonder !!!
Julian died for democracy in 2016 ... long live democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good news is he able to travel to usa again
He pleaded guilty, after 14 years of saying he was innocent ?
Julian has impunity now. He should be start his own media company and continue exposing the crimes of leaders world wide.
Victorious great man. At last he is Free!!!!!Praise God!!!!!
Fast forward to 15:20 to see Julian leaving the plane.
He should be in prison for leaking illegal government footage
Watch last few minutes
Did he land at Botany Bay. I see they are still sending them there.
@rohanmarkjay
3 күн бұрын
Aussies built the place up well into a modern society and country. With high standard of living. Australia is a much better place to live in these days than the UK than the days when they landed at Botany Bay. I know I would much rather live in Australia with its cleaner air than the UK.
why tf did this videos need to be quarter of an hour long?
That pilot's lucky he missed Trade Cente One and the Pentagon, otherwise, that [ Would ] have been awkward!!
mandarin of Iron Man !!!!!
For safe in free 😮
I'd be surprised if this is over. The USA will get him in the end.
15:17 to see Julian assange . Skip the crap.
First stop - Chicko Roll
Thank you God 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Who recorded this? Somebodies toddler? 😂 KEEP IT STILL
orchestrated drama !!!
He will write a book about his time in prison and we'll never hear from him again, thank god...
Tosser
About time now lets Free Palestine ✊️
Thank you President Biden 🙏
@tatianadejanac8474
3 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thought it a bit cheeky him asking For three grand and to go by Rwanda.
@moonshine9902
3 күн бұрын
Dear boy, 20 million could not compensate for the ordeal ASSANGE has endured. His crime? Humanity and honesty.