Watch the testimony given by Julian Assange to a parliamentary hearing of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg – the first time he has spoken publicly since his release.

On Wednesday 2 October, the Assembly is due to hold a plenary debate and vote on his detention and conviction – and its chilling effects on human rights – based on a report by Thorhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC). Mr. Assange is expected to be watching from the public gallery.

UPDATE: Read the testimony and QnA transcript from Julian’s appearance, courtesy of Consortium News: Assange: ‘My Naivete Was Believing in the Law’