Julian Assange speaks in public for the first time since release from jail

He described his cell in Belmarsh prison, where he was held for several years as he fought extradition to the US as a “dungeon”

Julian Assange on board a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, following his release from prison Picture: @WikiLeaks/PA

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken in public for the first time since being released from prison after he struck a deal with the United States.

He travelled from Australia to Strasbourg to address a human rights committee (Pace) of the European Council, which has said in a report that he was a political prisoner.