WikiLeaks publishes a photo of Julian Assange on the plane on his way to the Northern Mariana Islands world

The WikiLeaks account on the social media network

The caption read: “Closing to Bangkok to resupply. Closer to freedom.”

Assange heads to the Northern Mariana Islands of the United States to appear before American justice.

As part of the agreement, This week, Assange will plead guilty to violating the US Espionage ActAccording to a document issued by the American courts. He will face a criminal charge – of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defense documents – at a hearing in the Northern Mariana Islands at 8 p.m.

At the hearing, the WikiLeaks founder is expected to be sentenced to 62 months in prison, time he has already served in the UK. After pleading guilty and passing the hearing, Assange will be officially released and is expected to return to Australiathe country of which he is a citizen.

Julian Assange became internationally known for founding an activist group called WikiLeaks in 2006. In the following years, the organization leaked about 700,000 secret documents from the United States, angering the American authorities.

As a result, Assange faced several charges and spent seven years seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, before he was arrested. He will be officially released after years of legal battles and an agreement with the United States.

As a result, Assange faced several charges and spent seven years seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, before he was arrested. He will be officially released after years of legal battles and an agreement with the United States.

After pleading guilty and passing the hearing, Assange will be officially released and is expected to return to Australia, the country of his citizenship.

If extradited to the United States, he could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.