WikiLeaks’ Assange freed on bail

Founder of whistleblower website released late on Thursday after senior British judge sets conditional bail.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, in this November 4, 2010 file photo. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes, was freed on bail by a British court on December 14, 2010. The 39-year-old Australian, whose website has provoked U.S. fury by publishing some of a trove of 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic papers, was accused this year of sexual misconduct by two female Swedish WikiLeaks volunteers during a stay in Sweden. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud/Files
Julian Assange has been jailed since December 7, when he was arrested in London [Reuters] 

Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, has been freed after spending nine days in solitary confinement in a London jail over alleged sexual offences.

Assange, 39, was released late on Thursday after a senior British judge ruled that he can be released on conditional bail following a week of legal drama over his extradition.

He is fighting moves to take him to Sweden, where he faces questioning over sex-crime allegations.

“I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from these allegations,” he said in a brief statement on the steps of the high court in London.

Assange is now expected to head to a British country mansion where he will have to observe a curfew and wear a monitoring device.

Source: News Agencies