Canberra Faces Flak for 'Abandoning Australian Hero' Julian Assange After UK Extradition Order
While in opposition, Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had been critical of Assange’s imprisonment in the UK. "I don't have sympathy for many of [Assange's] actions but essentially I can't see what is served by keeping him incarcerated,” Albanese said last February.
Australian parliamentarians and advocacy groups have slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government for not “speaking up” for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a day after the United Kingdom Home Secretary Priti Patel approved his extradition to the US. Independent Australian Member of Parliament (MP) Andrew Wilkie accused the Labor government of “abandoning an Australian hero journalist”.
💬 “Like many Australians, I have given plenty of time to the new Federal Government to sort this matter out. Well, the time’s up for the new Federal Government hinting at caring and then doing nothing,” Wilkie said in a statement.
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