Julian Assange returns to Australia: in pictures
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has begun a new life in Australia with his wife and two sons after landing in Canberra
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A private jet carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at RAAF Base Fairbairn in Canberra on Wednesday evening, 26 June.
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange salutes supporters as he emerges from the plane.
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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A banner with an image depicting Assange laid out in Canberra by his supporters.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Assange waves to supporters at Canberra airport where he was reunited with friends and family.
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
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Assange embraces his wife Stella at the airport.
Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA
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A supporter of the WikiLeaks founder waits to greet Assange in Canberra.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Assange spent five years in the high-security Belmarsh in London after spending seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London battling extradition to the US.
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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Julian Assange hugs his father John Shipton.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
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Assange travelled to Australia aboard a private chartered Bombardier jet with his legal team, the Australian ambassador to the USA, Kevin Rudd, and the UK high commissioner, Stephen Smith.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange show a placard in Canberra.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said he was ‘pleased to be the first person’ to speak with Assange ‘immediately upon the wheels touching the ground’.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
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A supporter of the WikiLeaks founder in Canberra.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Assange’s release means he will meet the two sons he has with his wife outside of prison for the first time.
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
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Australian pime minister Anthony Albanese said: ‘This is what standing up for Australians around the world looks like,’ during his press conference after Assange landed.
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
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Stella Assange, the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks through a crowd of media and supporters in Canberra.
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference at East Hotel in Canberra on Wednesday night.
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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