WikiLeaks said its founder Julian Assange has been released from the British Belmarsh prison, where he has been held since 2019, and left the UK by plane.
"He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of June 24, after having spent 1,901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK," WikiLeaks said on its X page.
WikiLeaks also confirmed information from a U.S. court about a plea bargain between Assange and U.S. prosecutors. At the same time, according to the organization, it has not yet been "formally finalized."
It is expected that the journalist will plead guilty to conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified information and will be sentenced to 62 months in prison, which he has already spent in a London jail.
The hearing at which Assange could enter a partial guilty plea will take place on June 26 at a court in Saipan at 9:00 a.m. local time (11:00 p.m. GMT on June 25).
