Jun 30, 2021, 18:59 pm
In a one minute, 30 second video message to U.S. President Joe Biden, 11 Australian politicians from across the political spectrum have appealed to the U.S. Government to drop its Espionage Act and computer intrusion charges against Australian citizen, Julian Assange.
The MPs and Senators have urged President Biden to take the “opportunity for urgent reconsideration,” following a U.K. court’s decision to deny the U.S. extradition request, rendered earlier this year.
Assange is currently held in HMP Belmarsh, a high security London prison, pending a High Court ruling on whether the U.S. may appeal against the U.K. refusal to extradite. He is detained for publishing activity that won him Australia’s highest journalistic honor, the Walkley Award for most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
The Australian politicians warn that Assange’s prosecution threatens journalists worldwide.
https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/30/au...n-assange/
The MPs and Senators have urged President Biden to take the “opportunity for urgent reconsideration,” following a U.K. court’s decision to deny the U.S. extradition request, rendered earlier this year.
Assange is currently held in HMP Belmarsh, a high security London prison, pending a High Court ruling on whether the U.S. may appeal against the U.K. refusal to extradite. He is detained for publishing activity that won him Australia’s highest journalistic honor, the Walkley Award for most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
The Australian politicians warn that Assange’s prosecution threatens journalists worldwide.
https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/30/au...n-assange/