“It’s great to smell fresh air again,” Julian Assange told a crowd, greeted by camera flashes and enthusiastic cheers. After eight nights in jail, the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks founder had a small but detectable smile on his face.
Assange had been kept in solitary confinement in a Victorian British prison after being charged with sexual assault by two women in Sweden. The Internet activist used the opportunity to thank a list of people (though none by name), including his supporters, lawyers, and members of the press.
He also thanked the British justice system, stating, “If justice is not always an outcome, at least it is not dead yet.” Freed on bail, Assange is expected to stay at the home of journalist Vaughan Smith.
Video of Assange’s address after the jump.
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