WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison, he told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg,

Assange issued a sharp critique of global press freedom in his first public statement since he was released from prison. The post Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Makes First Public Address Since Being Freed: ‘I Pled Guilty to Journalism’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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