New Delhi: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from jail on Wednesday after a 14-year-long legal battle. After this, he returned to his home in Australia as a free man. He was welcomed by his wife, father and his followers in Canberra. A video of Assange is rapidly going viral in which he is hugging his wife and father.
In the video, Assange can be seen disembarking from a private jet at Canberra Airport, waving to the media and his followers before embracing his wife Stella. He then hugged his father John Shipton before entering the terminal building with his legal team.
VIDEO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hugs his wife and father at the Canberra Airport as he returns home to Australia to start life as a free man after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. pic.twitter.com/u8G19fvxZz
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