But it sounds like Assange still saw plenty of harrowing incidents inside.
The experience of isolation for years in a small cell is difficult to convey.
I am yet not fully equipped to speak about what I have endured.
Julian Assange attends the European council beside his wife Stella on October 01, 2024 in Strasbourg, France.© Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images
The relentless struggle to stay alive both physically and mentally.
He doesnt feel that any real justice was served.
I am not free today because the system worked.
I am free today after years of incarceration because I played guilty to journalism, Assange told the hearing.
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.
I did not plead guilty to anything else.
Assange previously faced 170 years in prison for those charges.
An American in Paris can talk about what the U.S. government is up to, perhaps, said Assange.
Put simply, Assange believes journalists are less free today than they were years ago.
The fundamental issue is simple.
Journalists should not be prosecuted for doing their jobs.
Journalism is not a crime, it is a pillar of a free and informed society, said Assange.
Its not simply the spooky sound of electric cars, they are very spooky.
He also said he was learning how to be a husband and new father again.
Julian married Stella in 2022 while he was in a British prison and fathered two children from the inside.
It was then that Stella leaned over toswitch off Julians microphone.
The audience of European lawmakers laughed and clapped at this new form of censorship in Julians life.
My naivete was believing in the law, said Assange.
They are the rules made by the ruling class more broadly.
The state was powerful enough to push for reinterpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
Where many, perhaps the majority of targets in Gaza are bombed as a result of artificial intelligence targeting.
The connection between artificial intelligence and surveillance is important.
Artificial intelligence needs information to come up with targets or ideas or propaganda.
There is a lot that has changed.
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