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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reiterating his call for the case against Julian Assange to be dropped

John Pilger @johnpilger comments:

What game is Albanese playing? The Aust. PM says he working to free Julian Assange, then it’s too hard, now it’s game on again. What is the truth? Are you ‘standing up’ or not? Or are you colluding?

• Anthony Albanese throws support behind Julian Assange
• PM has reiterated his call for case against him to be dropped

Daily Mail, By MAEVE BANNISTER FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 August 2023

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reiterating his call for the case against Julian Assange to be dropped, brushing off suggestions the United States won’t be swayed on the matter.

Since winning office in 2022, the Albanese government has been advocating for the US pursuit of Assange to end.

But during a visit to Australia last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed back against the demands and said Assange was accused of ‘very serious criminal conduct’.

Assange, an Australian citizen, published a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago………………………………….

The prime minister will continue to reiterate to his US counterparts that the matter has gone on for too long, and said ‘enough is enough’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12358859/Prime-Minister-Anthony-Albanese-reiterating-call-case-against-Julian-Assange-dropped.html?fbclid=IwAR3xlP8LNIfTykAyyqrOHlUI6uRALJVpqDiMQ0b8RGbNiKDyiAZzDfIkFQk—

August 3, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized