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Assange finally walks free
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Missing plane’s wreckage found in Nepal, all 22 dead
The passenger plane that went missing on Wednesday has been found crashed in Gauriban jungle of Okhaldhunga district, in remote hilly area of eastern Nepal, killing all 22 persons, including 19 foreigners, on board. Relatives grieve as they wait for the remains oftheir kin at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Thursday. — AFP
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Assange finally walks free
London, December 16 “It's great to smell fresh air of London again. First, some thank yous to all the people around the world who have had faith in me, who have supported my team while I’ve been away. To my lawyers who have put up a brave, and ultimately, successful fight.” “To our sureties and people who have provided money in the face of great difficulty and adversity. And to members of the press who were not all taken in and considered to look deeper in their work. “And finally to the British justice system itself, where if justice is not always an outcome, at least it is not dead yet.” “During my time in solitary confinement in the bottom of a Victorian prison I had time to reflect on the conditions of those people around the world also in solitary confinement, also on remand in conditions that are more difficult than those faced by me.” “Those people also need your attention and support and with that I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from these allegations.” Assange (39) was granted bail earlier this week but prosecutors objected to the decision and he remained in jail. The Australian is fighting extradition to Sweden over sex charges involving two women. He denies the allegations. Justice Ouseley granted conditional bail at the Royal Courts of Justice and supporters put up £ 240,000 in sureties. However, it is not clear yet if he would released from Wandsworth prison today. His legal team was organising the sureties required, while there was also the likelihood of new conditions being imposed to the bail. The whistleblower had appeared confident this morning when he arrived at the High Court, giving the thumbs up and a victory sign. His supporters have offered to put up a surety of £240,000 to guarantee he surrenders to bail. Wikileaks has published hundreds of sensitive American diplomatic cables, details of which have appeared in various newspapers in the UK and several other countries. Earlier, the judge banned the use of Twitter to give a blow-by-blow account of Thursday's proceedings from the court. Assange has received the backing of a number of high-profile supporters including human rights campaigners Jemima Khan and Bianca Jagger, and film director Ken Loach. He will now swap his cell at the Wandsworth Prison for Ellingham Hall, a ten-bedroom stately home surrounded by 600 acres of land and trees in Norfolk.
— PTI
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Missing plane’s wreckage found in Nepal, all 22 dead
The wreckage of the Canadian-built Twin Otter aircraft belonging to Tara Airlines was found in Srichaur village in Okhaldhunga district near Kathmandu this morning, a day after the plane lost contact with the control tower of the airport at Lamidanda in Khotang district of eastern Nepal minutes after it took off from there. The plane, which was flying to Kathmandu from Lamidanda, was carrying 19 passengers, including an American and three crew members. 18 of them were Bhutanese nationals on a pilgrimage to Khotang district. The plane went missing yesterday at 3.40 pm local time, officials said. The pilgrims and tourists were returning to Kathmandu after visiting Hindu and Buddhist temples at Haleshi Mahadev area in the district. A police spokesman said all 22 bodies have been recovered from the crash site near Kathmandu and that army helicopters are now bringing the bodies to the capital. Rescuers were searching for the plane's black box data recorder, which could provide details about the reason for the crash. Two search helicopters were sent to locate the missing aircraft, according to airport officials here.
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The passenger plane that went missing on Wednesday has been found crashed in Gauriban jungle of Okhaldhunga district, in remote hilly area of eastern Nepal, killing all 22 persons, including 19 foreigners, on board.
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