Prior to his time in prison, he had spent seven years in self-imposed exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he claimed asylum on the grounds of political persecution.
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks' says he pleaded 'guilty to journalism'
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I don’t care what Julian does next,” said Andrew Wilkie, an Independent Australian lawmaker who met Assange before the hacker launched WikiLeaks - and was one of the first politicians to lobby for Australia to intervene in his case.
Julian Assange now free to do, say whatever he likes. What does his future hold?
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