Free At Last: Julian Assange

Assange’s legal troubles seem to be over, but the fight over information, data privacy, and censorship continues.

“Protesters rallied outside Belmarsh Prison on 22 January in solidarity with those detained, including activists angered by Julian Assange’s continued detention, others demanding an end to solitary confinement and an end to the unjust law of “joint enterprise” and also to mark the international Transgender Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity.” January 23, 2022. (Photo: Alisdare Hickson)

“Julian Assange is free,” tweeted a triumphant Wikileaks on June 24, 2024.

“He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there,” shared the platform. “He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at…