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"We want to defend those civil liberties, we want to defend press freedom, and we want to see the freedom of Julian Assange. Free Julian Assange!" says Tim Dawson, the Deputy General Secretary of the Interantional Federation of Journalists (IFJ), addressing Assange supporters outside court on day two of the WikiLeaks founder's hearing. SOUNDBITE
Julian Assange's lawyer says the WikiLeaks founder will be "contesting and fighting" a US request for his extradition following his arrest by British police. SOUNDBITE
Stellar Assange, the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks to media after he returned home to Australia to start life as a free man. SOUNDBITE
Julian Assange's lawyer Jen Robinson hails a "historic day" as the WikiLeaks founder is freed by a US court in a landmark plea deal. SOUNDBITE
"We firmly believe that Mr Assange never should have been charged under the Espionage Act", says Barry Pollack, lawyer for Julian Assange outside a court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory. A US judge freed Assange on Wednesday in a plea deal that ended years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.