Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
These must-have Insider Deal household items are at unbeatable prices!FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrivies at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Feb. 7, 2011. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.
Assange’s plight was seen as a test of Albanese’s leverage with the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden. “Regardless of the views that people have about Mr. Assange’s activities, the case has dragged on for too long. There’s nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration and we want him brought home to Australia,” Albanese added.
“We’ve just got to be still cautious, still cautious on how this proceeds because the end has not arrived,” Joyce told reporters in Australia’s Parliament House.“If you ask me do I think what he did was morally correct? no, it wasn’t,” Joyce said. “But the issue for me is extraterritoriality.” “We welcome the fact that Mr. Assange’s decision to plead guilty will bring this long running saga to an end,” Birmingham added.that called for the United States and Britain to bring the “matter to a close so that Mr. Assange can return home to his family in Australia” was supported by 86 lawmakers including Albanese in the 151-seat House of Representatives in February.
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