Julian Assange was born and raised in Queensland but made Melbourne his home as an adult, where his return to Australia was celebrated on July 3, his 53rd birthday.
WATCH: Melbourne Welcomes Assange Home
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NATO SUMMIT: Collectively Losing Their Minds
Soon after Russia entered Ukraine, the Pentagon corrected Antony Blinken for saying Kiev would get NATO fighter jets. Blinken was applauded at the NATO summit yesterday for saying F-16s would soon arrive in Ukraine. What changed? asks Joe Lauria.
WATCH: ‘This Is Not a Dream’ (UPDATED)
Supporters of Julian Assange gathered at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney on Sunday to celebrate his release from prison and arrival in Australia.
Biden: ‘I’m Running the World’
The comment by the sitting U.S. president in Friday’s interview has been ignored by the mainstream, but its megalomania is at the heart of why Joe Biden is defying his party and remaining in the race, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: CN Live! — Assange: The Road to Freedom
Consortium News spoke with three of the leaders of the friends of Assange group in the Australian Parliament about their efforts to free Assange, who is now safely back in Australia.
WATCH: CN Live! — Assange: The Price of Freedom
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is free after a plea deal with the United States. But at what price? Watch the replay with Alexander Mercouris, Marjorie Cohn & Bruce Afran.
WATCH: Revisiting the Assange Case
A panel of journalists who covered the Assange case discuss the twists and turns in the drama leading to his release on Monday, with host Richard Medhurst.
Assange Agreed to Have Unpublished Material Destroyed
As part of his plea deal with the United States, Julian Assange agreed to order the destruction of any unpublished U.S. material in WikiLeaks possession.
Assange: I Broke the Law But the Law Is Wrong
Julian Assange’s plea deal with the United States was completed before a U.S. federal judge Wednesday on the U.S. possession of the Mariana Islands, reports Joe Lauria.
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FINALLY FREE
The WikiLeaks publisher left Belmarsh Prison on Monday morning and departed the U.K. headed to Australia, WikiLeaks said.