Hyderabad, May 22 -- Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, attended the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France wearing a T-shirt with the names of4,986 Palestinian children aged five and under, killed by Israeli forces since 2023.

This markedAssange's first major public appearance since his release from prison last year. His wife, Stella Assange, speaking to the media, said that he is thinking about how to become politically active again once he has fully recovered from prison.

Assange is at the festival promoting the documentary "The Six Billion Dollar Man," by Eugene Jarecki, which recounts the WikiLeaks saga using footage and archives, and previously unpublished evidence. At the red carpet on May 21, his wife Stella wore a brooch with a...