Life of julian assange lawyer
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VIDEO: Julian Assange’s legal advisor speaks on the backstory of his release
SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Jen Robinson, welcome to 7.30.
JENNIFER ROBINSON, JULIAN ASSANGE'S LAWYER: Thanks, Sarah.
SARAH FERGUSON: What was Julian Assange's mood on the plane as you approached Australian territory?
JENNIFER ROBINSON: He was just thrilled. It was a bit surreal for all of us, I think. It's been 14 long years of legal battles.
People said it would be impossible, that we'd never get him home, he'd spend the rest of his life in a US prison. And to bring him back to Australia, it was just wonderful.
SARAH FERGUSON: And just that moment when the plane touches down and it is done. There is a physical, you are physically there. What did that mean for him and for everybody travelling with him?
JENNIFER ROBINSON: It was, it was fantastisk, really. It was really emotional. I was brought to tears. My phone rang as soon as we landed. It was the Prime Minister call
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Jennifer Robinson (lawyer)
Australian human rights lawyer and barrister
Jennifer Robinson (born 1981) is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London.
Robinson is best known for her role as a long-standing member of the legal team defending Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. She is also known for representing Amber Heard during the defamation proceedings brought by Heard's ex-husband Johnny Depp against The Sun Newspaper in the UK. She has also provided legal assistance to activists from West Papua.[2]
Education
[edit]Robinson grew up in Berry, New South Wales, and attended Bomaderry High School. She then attended the Australian National University, where she graduated with a double degree in Law and Asian Studies, specialising in international lag, Indonesia and South East Asia. She was awarded the University Medal in Law and was a Distinguished Scholar in Asian Studies.[3]
She was a Rhodes Scholar at the Univers
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Who Is Jennifer Robinson, The Woman Who Freed Julian Assange?
After 14 years, Julian Assange is a free man and he has his Australian lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, to thank.
Robinson, a renowned Australian human rights lawyer has spent more than a decade fighting for the WikiLeak’s founder’s freedom.
Now, with his plea deal granted by the U.S and Assange back in Australia, Robinson has done just that.
Below, everything you need to know about Jennifer Robinson, the woman who freed Julian Assange.
Who Is Jennifer Robinson?
Robinson grew up in Berry on the south coast of New South Wales and studied at the Australian National University before moving to England to study at Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Now at age 43, Robinson lives in London and is renowned for her high profile cases—so much so that the British press has described her as the A-list’s go-to lawyer.
She is also the youngest Australian woman to have appeared before