"This is definitely a historic day" and "a victory for journalism," says Rebecca Vincent, Director of Campaigns at Reporters Without Borders (RSF), after Australian whistleblower Julian Assange's detention in the UK came to an end. The WikiLeaks founder who was released on Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years is to be a "free man" on Wednesday once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US authorities to bring to a close his years-long legal drama. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES