Mr Assange was released in June after five years in a British prison. He pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concluded a drawn-out legal saga.
Prior to his time in prison, he had spent seven years in selfimposed exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he claimed asylum on the grounds of political persecution.
Mr Assange said since his incarceration he has observed a campaign to internationally criminalise journalism, adding: “I want to be totally clear: I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today [after] years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism. I pled guilty to seeking information from a source. I pled guilty to obtaining information from a source, and I pled guilty to informing the public what that information was."
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