Julian Assange has always polarised opinion. Now,for some,his plight has evoked a sense of pity.
Assange’s wife Stella,whom he married while in prison in London,said the guarantees did not satisfy their concerns,describing them as “blatant weasel words”.
“Enough is enough,” Anthony Albanese said on ABC TV in reply as members of WikiLeaks founder’s family also spoke in support of Assange being freed.
Two High Court judges said on Tuesday that they would grant the Australian-born Assange a new appeal unless Washington authorities gave further assurances about what will happen to him.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie,one of Assange’s biggest champions in federal parliament,says many Australians would be heartened by reports that the US is considering a plea deal.
After two days of legal arguments,judges will consider whether to grant the WikiLeaks founder permission to appeal against his removal from the UK.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is too unwell to appear at a two-day hearing to fight his extradition to the US,a court has heard.
England’s High Court has scheduled two days of arguments over whether Assange,who has spent years in self-exile and detention,can ask an appeals court to block his transfer.
The fate of the WikiLeaks founder is in foreign hands,but now the weight of the Australian government and parliament is demanding he be sent home.
The WikiLeaks founder will make his final appeal against the order to extradite him to the United States next week.
Australian politicians across the political divide have launched a last-ditch bid to prevent Julian Assange from being extradited to the United States.