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Glasgow Times
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Julian Assange marking first anniversary of release from prison
His wife Stella said he is working on a project to slow the 'rush' towards war. In the early hours of June 24 last year Julian Assange was transported under custody in a high-security convoy from Belmarsh maximum security prison to Stansted Airport. Julian Assange was released from Belmarsh prison on June 24, 2024 (Assange family/PA) He had been imprisoned in Belmarsh for more than five years and was detained in the UK for 14 years. He flew on an Australian government jet under formal custody to US federal court in the tiny US overseas territory of Saipan in the Pacific Ocean, refuelling in Bangkok. On June 26, a plea hearing in Saipan formally secured his release, conditional on him immediately leaving the territory. Later that day he landed in his home country of Australia where he was reunited with his family. Julian Assange spent five years, largely in solitary confinement, fighting extradition (Assange family/PA) Mrs Assange said: 'We were in Europe for the opening of The Six Billion Dollar Man at Cannes, Pope Francis's funeral, and to try to understand where things are heading — politically and technologically. 'Julian has been working on something for several months now, and I hope it can help slow the rush toward war. 'Three hundred and sixty-five days have passed, but we are light years away from Belmarsh prison. 'To all the supporters who helped make this possible, there are no words to express how grateful we are to have Julian free.'
Evening Standard
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Julian Assange marking first anniversary of release from prison
Mrs Assange said: 'We were in Europe for the opening of The Six Billion Dollar Man at Cannes, Pope Francis's funeral, and to try to understand where things are heading — politically and technologically.
Western Telegraph
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Western Telegraph
Julian Assange marking first anniversary of release from prison
His wife Stella said he is working on a project to slow the 'rush' towards war. In the early hours of June 24 last year Julian Assange was transported under custody in a high-security convoy from Belmarsh maximum security prison to Stansted Airport. Julian Assange was released from Belmarsh prison on June 24, 2024 (Assange family/PA) He had been imprisoned in Belmarsh for more than five years and was detained in the UK for 14 years. He flew on an Australian government jet under formal custody to US federal court in the tiny US overseas territory of Saipan in the Pacific Ocean, refuelling in Bangkok. On June 26, a plea hearing in Saipan formally secured his release, conditional on him immediately leaving the territory. Later that day he landed in his home country of Australia where he was reunited with his family. Julian Assange spent five years, largely in solitary confinement, fighting extradition (Assange family/PA) Mrs Assange said: 'We were in Europe for the opening of The Six Billion Dollar Man at Cannes, Pope Francis's funeral, and to try to understand where things are heading — politically and technologically. 'Julian has been working on something for several months now, and I hope it can help slow the rush toward war. 'Three hundred and sixty-five days have passed, but we are light years away from Belmarsh prison. 'To all the supporters who helped make this possible, there are no words to express how grateful we are to have Julian free.'
South Wales Argus
23-06-2025
- Politics
- South Wales Argus
Julian Assange marking first anniversary of release from prison
His wife Stella said he is working on a project to slow the 'rush' towards war. In the early hours of June 24 last year Julian Assange was transported under custody in a high-security convoy from Belmarsh maximum security prison to Stansted Airport. Julian Assange was released from Belmarsh prison on June 24, 2024 (Assange family/PA) He had been imprisoned in Belmarsh for more than five years and was detained in the UK for 14 years. He flew on an Australian government jet under formal custody to US federal court in the tiny US overseas territory of Saipan in the Pacific Ocean, refuelling in Bangkok. On June 26, a plea hearing in Saipan formally secured his release, conditional on him immediately leaving the territory. Later that day he landed in his home country of Australia where he was reunited with his family. Julian Assange spent five years, largely in solitary confinement, fighting extradition (Assange family/PA) Mrs Assange said: 'We were in Europe for the opening of The Six Billion Dollar Man at Cannes, Pope Francis's funeral, and to try to understand where things are heading — politically and technologically. 'Julian has been working on something for several months now, and I hope it can help slow the rush toward war. 'Three hundred and sixty-five days have passed, but we are light years away from Belmarsh prison. 'To all the supporters who helped make this possible, there are no words to express how grateful we are to have Julian free.'
Daily Tribune
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Chechen film, Assange documentary win prizes in Cannes
The first Chechen film to screen at the Cannes Festival won best documentary, while a film about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange picked up a special prize on Friday. Deni Oumar Pitsaev won the festival's Golden Eye award for his autobiographical documentary Imago, which follows the filmmaker after he inherits a small patch of land in the Pankisi valley in Georgia, across the border from Chechnya in southern Russia. During the two Chechen wars of 1994–1996 and 1999–2009, the region became a refuge for Chechen rebels and thousands of civilian refugees who crossed Georgia's porous mountain border to flee the conflict. Pitsaev — who grew up between Grozny, Saint Petersburg and Almaty, and is now based between Brussels and Paris — was also awarded a prize in the festival's Critics' Week section on Wednesday. US director Eugene Jarecki was awarded a special jury prize for his documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man, about Assange, who has been in Cannes to promote the film but has not yet spoken publicly. Assange has declined all interview requests, but the 53-year-old former hacker's wife, Stella Assange, said he had 'recovered' from his years in detention and would 'speak when he's ready.' Assange was released from a high-security British prison in June last year after a plea bargain with the US government over WikiLeaks's work publishing top-secret military and diplomatic information. He spent five years behind bars fighting extradition from Britain and another seven holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, where he claimed political asylum.
