阿桑奇，同意認罪

據外媒報道，當地時間26日上午，在美屬北马里亞納群島首府塞班島的美國聯邦法院，“維基揭密”網站創始人阿桑奇對美國司法部指控他的一項違反美國間諜法的重罪認罪，這同時意味著他將重獲自由。

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, in a plea bargain that will leave him a free man after years of legal drama.

The 52-year-old admitted to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information in the courtroom in the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific US territory.

圖源：法新社

另據英國廣播公司26日訊息，此前，美國司法部指控阿桑奇“獲取並公佈大量美國國防機密資訊”，過去5年中，阿桑奇一直被關押在英國。認罪後，阿桑奇無需前往美國服刑，將返回其原籍澳大利亞。

He was released on Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years while he fought extradition to the United States.

據此前報道，美聯社援引一份美國司法部提交給聯邦法庭的檔案稱，阿桑奇準備對《間諜法》中“共謀獲取和披露美國國防機密檔案”的指控認罪。美國全國公共廣播電臺稱，若認罪行為得到法官批准，阿桑奇可能面臨62個月的刑期。考慮到阿桑奇已在英國貝爾馬什監獄中被關押了5年，他不用再額外服刑。

On Wednesday, he is expected to be sentenced to five years and two months in prison, with credit for the same amount of time he spent behind bars in Britain.

After the hearing is done, Assange will fly to Canberra in Australia, WikiLeaks said on social media platform X.

來源：環球時報美聯社法新社

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