Explainer: Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan?
Who is Julian Assange?
Julian Assange is en route to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan where he is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to a single criminal charge in a plea deal that will see him walk free and return home to Australia after a 14-year legal odyssey.
Saipan is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), a U.S. commonwealth in the western Pacific which begins roughly 70 kilometres (44 miles) north of Guam and stretches across 14 islands.
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