WikiLeaks’ Assange to make first public appearance since release in Strasbourg
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in Canberra, Australia, on June 26, following his release from a British jail.
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LONDON – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe in October, his organisation said on Sept 25.
Mr Assange, 53, returned to Australia in June saw him plead guilty to violating United States espionage law,
His wife Stella, whom he married while in a top security London jail, said he would need some time to regain his health and sanity after his long incarceration, as well as to be with their two children, whom he had never seen outside of a prison.
He will now speak in public for the first time when he gives evidence to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace) in Strasbourg on Oct 1.
It comes after a Pace report into his case concluded he was a political prisoner and called for Britain to hold an inquiry into whether he had been exposed to inhumane treatment.
“It will be an exceptional break from his recovery as (the Council of Europe) invited Julian to provide testimony for the… Committee’s report into his case and its wider implications,” Mrs Stella Assange said on X. REUTERS
