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Julian Assange: more than 60 Australian MPs urge US to let WikiLeaks founder walk free

Exclusive: MPs from major parties say continued extradition and prosecution would be ‘unjust’ and lead to an ‘outcry’ in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Chinese academic heavied by AFP and ASIO

A visiting Chinese professor had his laptop and mobile phone seized by the AFP and ASIO after reportedly being offered $2000 to provide intel on his networks in China, and independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich’s defamation case against Mark Latham could make history by being heard by a Federal Court…

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View from The Hill: Australia's bid for Julian Assange's freedom presents formidable problems for Joe Biden

In his relatively brief time as prime minister, Anthony Albanese has had very extensive contact with US President Joe Biden. According to the prime minister’s office, Albanese has had four formal meetings with him, plus two Quad meetings, and several other less formal discussions. They’ll rub shoulders again at the…

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Australian MPs travel to US to call for end to pursuit of Julian Assange extradition

WikiLeaks founder in the midst of appealing UK’s decision to agree to extradite him

The Independent UK

Australian MPs to lobby US to drop Julian Assange prosecution or risk ‘very dangerous’ precedent for Russia and China

Cross-party delegation of Australian politicians to travel to US in attempt to build momentum against extraditing WikiLeaks founder

The Guardian - AU

Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange

A group of Australian lawmakers say they will travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

Joyce, Ryan and four other Australian politicians to share hotel in DC during Assange lobbying trip

They usually work together in Canberra, but later this month they’ll share a hotel in DC paid for by the Assange campaign.

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Julian Assange may be a narcissist, but he’s our narcissist. Back off, US!

The Americans were shamed by the WikiLeaks founder, say Crikey readers, and they continue to make him pay for it.

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A rocky diplomatic road: Julian Assange's hopes of avoiding extradition take a blow as US pushes back

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s hopes of avoiding extradition to the United States, where he’s charged with espionage and computer misuse offences, have taken a blow.

The Conversation

Australia's prime minister stands firm against the US on WikiLeaks founder's prosecution

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is standing firm against the United States over the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

Julian Assange supporters in Australian parliament urge US to get him out of maximum security prison

Supporters Julian Hill, Andrew Wilkie and Bridget Archer respond after US secretary of state Antony Blinken claims WikiLeaks founder ‘risked very serious harm’ to national security

The Guardian - AU

Blinken snubs Australian call to end Assange case saying he’s accused of ‘very serious’ crime

WikiLeaks founder as spent four years in a British prison fighting extradition to the United States

The Independent UK

OLD US Secretary of State tells Australia that WikiLeaks founder is accused of ‘very serious’ crime

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pushed back against Australian demands for an end to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s prosecution, saying the Australian citizen was accused of “very serious criminal conduct” in publishing a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago

The Independent UK

Julian Assange: US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks founder during Ausmin talks

Ministers’ meeting focused on military cooperation and agreed to increase ‘tempo’ of US nuclear-powered submarine visits to Australia as part of Aukus pact

The Guardian - AU

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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen arrested during protest over Julian Assange case

The 72-year-old activist had tweeted that he was willing to ‘risk arrest’ the day before the demonstration

The Independent UK

Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff 'concerned' by his suffering

Pope Francis has met with Stella Assange, the wife of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Bangkok Post

Without aid of whistleblowers, the West is lost

Earlier this month, CNN reported that a British court has denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "permission to appeal an order to extradite him to the United States, where he faces criminal charges under the Espionage Act". Although Assange's legal team will continue to explore its options, the snare around his…

The Guardian - UK

Time is running out for Julian Assange. If MPs do not act, how can they say they value free speech?

The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition and an uncertain fate in the US. Our judges and politicians must intervene, says writer Duncan Campbell

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The Independent UK

Julian Assange’s wife says ‘it is now or never’ at US extradition protest

The Wikileaks founder is wanted in on 18 charges by the US government.

The Guardian - UK

Lifesize sculpture of Julian Assange appears outside UK parliament

Bronze of jailed Wikileaks founder fighting extradition to the US flanked by figures of whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning

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Julian Assange’s supporters promise to step up protests as US extradition looms

A protest outside the UK parliament is set to step up demands for the release from prison of WikiLeaks founder, Australian Julian Assange.

Crikey

The whistleblower and the war criminal: David McBride and Ben Roberts-Smith

The conflicting stories of David McBride and Ben Roberts-Smith paint a bloody battle for the nation’s soul.

The Guardian - US

Ellsberg and Trump both took classified documents. Their reasons couldn’t be more different

A great truth teller has left us. A liar whose mendacity has no equal remains for us to deal with

The Independent UK

Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroes

Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the White House

The Independent UK

Julian Assange loses latest appeal bid

The WikiLeaks founder faces being sent to the United States over alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information

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