Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder
1 year, 7 months ago

Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia: — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was working in the “most effective way possible” to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but declined an invitation Monday to meet the Australian citizen’s wife. Albanese said a meeting with Stella Assange wouldn’t help her 51-year-old husband who is in a London prison fighting extradition to the United States. “And that’s my focus, not grandstanding.” Albanese was with U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Japan over the weekend for the Group of Seven leading industrial nations summit. Albanese said Julian Assange’s case had to be examined in terms of whether the time he had “effectively served” was in excess of what would be “reasonable” if the allegations against him were proved.

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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to make first public appearance since release
2 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to make first public appearance since release

Hindustan Times  

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe next month, his organisation said on Wednesday. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to testify before the Council of Europe next month, marking his first public appearance since his release from British …

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a U.S. Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website. Ultimately, in the last several months, Justice Department leaders floated the concept of a deal that would ensure Assange’s freedom and permit a …

Julian Assange's return is being framed as a triumph by the Australian government, but there are awkward parts to the story
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Assange's return is being framed as a triumph by the Australian government, but there are awkward parts to the story

ABC  

Has there been a recent political story that has been subject to so much different framing, by so many different people and interests, as the legal resolution of the Julian Assange case and his subsequent return to Australia? The Assange success helped Labor this week but it can't last Photo shows A man in suit gets out of a ca …

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Stella Assange thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit Thursday to Australia’s Parliament House, where political leaders differed over how welcome the convicted felon was in his homeland. Stella Assange speaks at a press conference in Parliament House following WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrival …

Inside the closed-door meeting in Washington DC to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the closed-door meeting in Washington DC to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

ABC  

Inside a meeting room deep inside the Robert F Kennedy Building in Washington DC last September, representatives of the US Department of Justice must've wondered what hit them. Dr Ryan said that the US officials pushed back against their arguments, claiming Assange's freedom was purely a legal matter, not a political one. "And also that the Chinese government had commented …

Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?

ABC  

Julian Assange has been convicted under the US Espionage Act, with his guilty plea enabling him to come home to Australia. US charges: One count of Conspiracy to Receive National Defense Information Seven counts of Obtaining National Defense Information Nine counts of Disclosure of National Defense Information One count of Conspiracy to Commit Computer Intrusion Swedish charges: He was arrested …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done
5 months, 3 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done

ABC  

With a raised fist, Julian Assange signalled his defiance, as he took his first steps back on home soil last night. Albanese's support for Assange while sidestepping political landmines But throughout it all, Anthony Albanese never defended Julian Assange's actions. Photo shows Three men sitting in the back of a car, talking Julian Assange's long-running legal odyssey has moved around …

Julian Assange and the battle for open society
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Assange and the battle for open society

Hindustan Times  

Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday after a breakthrough plea deal with the United States that ended years of legal drama. WikiLeaks became best known in 2010 with the release of classified US military information, including chilling footage of a helicopter gunning down people in Baghdad and the airmen laughing about the “dead bastards”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after …

I'm an Aussie soldier who saw first-hand the mayhem Julian Assange unleashed on the Middle East. Here's my message to the Wikileaks founder as he waltzes into my home country as a free man
5 months, 3 weeks ago

I'm an Aussie soldier who saw first-hand the mayhem Julian Assange unleashed on the Middle East. Here's my message to the Wikileaks founder as he waltzes into my home country as a free man

Daily Mail  

As Julian Assange touched down in Australia for the first time in 14 years as a free man, former Australian soldier Shane Healey wasn't celebrating. Former Australian Defence Force soldier Shane Healey witnessed the impacts that Julian Assange's actions caused in the Middle East WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra He gave …

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, freed after US plea deal
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, freed after US plea deal

The Hindu  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secured his liberty and concluded a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. Jennifer Robinson, one of Mr. Assange’s lawyers, told reporters after the hearing that the case “sets a dangerous precedent that …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

China Daily  

Updated: 2024-06-26 18:23 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hugs his wife Stella Assange after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a …

Julian Assange reunites with family after he arrives in Canberra
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange reunites with family after he arrives in Canberra

ABC  

In short: Julian Assange has arrived in Australia, ending his diplomatic saga. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Australia, ending the former fugitive's decade-long diplomatic saga. Assange's lawyer, Jen Robinson, said he spoke with the prime minister on the phone as soon as he landed, and expressed his thanks for his return. " Julian Assange's lawyer Jen Robinson said …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH

India TV News  

Canberra: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle over the release of classified US military secrets concluded in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, where he pleaded guilty to violating US espionage law. His release ended a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a …

Was it diplomacy, the Australian government or something else entirely that helped Julian Assange get out of prison?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Was it diplomacy, the Australian government or something else entirely that helped Julian Assange get out of prison?

ABC  

The pictures of Julian Assange fronting a court in the Northern Mariana Islands — a US Pacific territory almost 10,000 kilometres from the American mainland — will no doubt travel around the world. Both US and Australian leaders typically deploy comfortable, warm bath homilies about mateship when talking about the alliance, but Mr Blinken's tone became unusually sharp when journalists …

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan, on June 26, 2024. WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department to avoid further prison time and ending …

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Associated Press  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — He emerged on the information security scene in the 1990s as a “famous teenage hacker” following what he called an “ itinerant minstrel childhood” beginning in Townsville, Australia. Since Assange drew global attention in 2010 for his work with prominent news outlets to publish war logs and diplomatic cables that detailed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq …

How was Assange plea deal cracked with unseen diplomatic manoeuvres between Australia-US-UK
5 months, 4 weeks ago

How was Assange plea deal cracked with unseen diplomatic manoeuvres between Australia-US-UK

Hindustan Times  

Behind closed doors, an Australia-US-UK diplomatic dance opened the way for a plea deal to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, analysts and a diplomat previously involved in the case told AFP. Assange's release had been under discussion "for a little while now", said Jared Mondschein, director of research at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre. US Ambassador to …

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of classified documents. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pushed back against Albanese’s position during a visit to Australia last year, saying Assange was accused of “very serious criminal conduct” in publishing …

What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him
5 months, 4 weeks ago

What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning conclusion to an international saga of the quixotic hacker who exposed government secrets. The site — and Assange — became best known in 2010 with the release of the classified U.S. military information, including chilling footage from an Apache helicopter showing people being gunned down in Baghdad …

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed: How did he avoid US prison time?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed: How did he avoid US prison time?

Firstpost  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in a US court, which ends his long-running legal drama and allows him to finally return home to Australia as a free man. As part of the plea deal he struck with US authorities, he will be sentenced to 62 months, which is the time he has already served in UK …

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets is he accused of leaking?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets is he accused of leaking?

The Independent  

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Jailed in UK, Julian Assange to plead guilty in a deal with US that gives him freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jailed in UK, Julian Assange to plead guilty in a deal with US that gives him freedom

Firstpost  

Assange was indicted by a US federal grand jury in 2019 on 18 counts stemming from WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of national security documents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night. The guilty …

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents. The Trump administration’s Justice Department accused Assange of directing former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in one of the largest compromises of …

Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder Assange's release
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder Assange's release

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out a plane window as he approaches Bangkok airport for layover, according to the post by Wikileaks on X, in this picture released to social media on June 25, 2024. CANBERRA -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the news that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to be released by US authorities. Penny …

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?

Al Jazeera  

Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, before returning home to Australia. After a 14-year-long legal battle, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from the United Kingdom’s Belmarsh prison on Monday morning after agreeing to a plea deal with the United States. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge under …

‘Bring Julian home’: the Australian campaign to free Assange
7 months ago

‘Bring Julian home’: the Australian campaign to free Assange

Al Jazeera  

Assange’s supporters say what Wikileaks revealed about power and access to information is as relevant today as ever. “We’re always trying to encourage the Australian government to do more.” A test for US democracy Assange’s possible extradition to the US could see freedom of expression thrown into the spotlight during an election year that has already seen mass arrests at …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court
7 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court

New Indian Express  

LONDON: The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the “millionth” press briefing on his court case. Assange faces a hearing in London's High Court that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. “Reporting …

Watch: Julian Assange’s wife and supporters speak ahead of extradition hearing
7 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Julian Assange’s wife and supporters speak ahead of extradition hearing

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Julian Assange's wife and supporters held a briefing …

Wife of Julian Assange says Biden's comments mean case could be moving in the right direction
8 months, 1 week ago

Wife of Julian Assange says Biden's comments mean case could be moving in the right direction

Hindustan Times  

LONDON — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right direction” after President Joe Biden confirmed the U.S. may drop charges against the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Biden said Wednesday that his administration is “considering” a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Assange for publishing a trove …

'We’re considering it': Biden mulls Australia's request to drop charges against Wikileaks' Assange
8 months, 1 week ago

'We’re considering it': Biden mulls Australia's request to drop charges against Wikileaks' Assange

Firstpost  

US President Joe Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he is “considering” a request from Australia to drop charges against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange US President Joe Biden said he is considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange | Source: AP US President Joe Biden is contemplating a significant shift in the …

US considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, says President Joe Biden
8 months, 1 week ago

US considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, says President Joe Biden

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition efforts …

Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. Asked about the request on Wednesday, as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official visit, Biden said, “We’re considering it.” Assange has …

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces wait to find out whether he can challenge extradition to the US
10 months ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces wait to find out whether he can challenge extradition to the US

Associated Press  

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won’t find out until next month at the earliest whether he can challenge extradition to the U.S. on spying charges, or if his long legal battle in Britain has run out of road. Two High Court judges said Wednesday they would take time to consider their verdict after a two-day hearing in which Assange’s …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in last-ditch battle to stop U.S. extradition
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in last-ditch battle to stop U.S. extradition

The Hindu  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins what could be his last chance to stop his extradition from Britain to the United States on February 20 after more than 13 years battling the authorities in the English courts. They will argue that Assange's prosecution is politically motivated and marks an impermissible attack on free speech, as the first time a publisher has …

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition

Associated Press  

LONDON — Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that American authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the U.S. government. Lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said Assange may “suffer a flagrant denial of justice” if he …

WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US

Associated Press  

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the U.K. that included seven years of self-exile inside a foreign embassy and five years in prison. “Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of …

Julian Assange's wife Stella warns WikiLeaks founder ‘will die’ if extradited to US
10 months ago

Julian Assange's wife Stella warns WikiLeaks founder ‘will die’ if extradited to US

Hindustan Times  

The hearing for Julian Assange's extradition to the US is scheduled for next week. Ahead of the hearing, the WikiLeaks founder's wife, Stella Assange, has issued a warning, saying her husband “will die” if he loses the appeal. Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, attends a news conference ahead of Julian Assange's final UK appeal hearing, in London, …

Australian lawmakers approve motion calling for release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
10 months, 1 week ago

Australian lawmakers approve motion calling for release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Hindu  

Australia's House of Representatives has ramped up pressure on the United States and Britain to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange by passing a motion calling for the Australian citizen to be allowed to return to his home country. Independent lawmaker Andrew Wilkie moved the motion on February 14 one week ahead of Britain's High Court of Justice …

Australian Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
10 months, 1 week ago

Australian Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he hoped for an amicable end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after lawmakers ramped up pressure on the United States and Britain by passing a motion calling for the Australian citizen to be allowed to return to his home country. Albanese told Parliament that the days before …

Australian parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
10 months, 1 week ago

Australian parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US

New Indian Express  

MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he hoped for an amicable end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after lawmakers ramped up pressure on the United States and Britain by passing a motion calling for the Australian citizen to be allowed to return to his home country. Albanese told Parliament the days before Britain’s High Court …

‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM denounces US, UK legal pursuit of Assange
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM denounces US, UK legal pursuit of Assange

Al Jazeera  

Anthony Albanese takes stand against attempts to extradite Australian to US ahead of court ruling next week. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed the years-long United States and British legal pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ahead of a court ruling on his appeal against extradition next week. Reporting from London, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego said that his supporters …

Australian federal MPs, including PM Albanese, back vote calling on UK, US to free Julian Assange
10 months, 1 week ago

Australian federal MPs, including PM Albanese, back vote calling on UK, US to free Julian Assange

Firstpost  

Australian federal MPs, including the Prime Minister and members of the cabinet, have overwhelmingly voted to advocate for the return of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to Australia, urging both the US and the UK to allow it. “This was a private discussion; however this government’s position on Mr Assange is very clear, and has not changed,” Guardian Australia …

Federal MPs pass motion urging US and UK to allow Julian Assange's return to Australia
10 months, 1 week ago

Federal MPs pass motion urging US and UK to allow Julian Assange's return to Australia

ABC  

In short: Federal MPs have voted in favour of a motion calling for the return of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Australia. Federal MPs have voted in favour of a motion calling for the return of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Australia. The prime minister and other federal MPs have voted in favour of a motion urging the United States …

Australian lawmakers urge release of Julian Assange during talks in Washington
1 year, 3 months ago

Australian lawmakers urge release of Julian Assange during talks in Washington

Hindustan Times  

A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers that traveled to the United States seeking the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said they had a productive discussion in Washington with the U.S. Justice Department. The group of Australian lawmakers urged U.S. officials to drop their attempts to extradite Assange from a British prison to the United States, where he is wanted …

Julian Assange unites cross-party delegation in Washington to push for WikiLeaks founder's freedom
1 year, 3 months ago

Julian Assange unites cross-party delegation in Washington to push for WikiLeaks founder's freedom

ABC  

An unlikely coalition of Australian parliamentarians has converged on Washington to lobby US decision-makers to drop the legal pursuit of Julian Assange and grant his freedom by Christmas. Thomas Massie, a Republican House member who says he tried to convince Donald Trump to drop the case when he was president, said Mr Assange's ongoing detention was a freedom of speech …

Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange
1 year, 3 months ago

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

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — A group of Australian lawmakers said Tuesday they would travel to Washington this month to lobby the United States to abandon its efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Independent lawmaker and delegation member Monique Ryan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. they represented a large group of lawmakers who feel “really, really strongly about the importance of …

Blinken tells Australia that WikiLeaks founder is accused of ‘very serious’ crime
1 year, 4 months ago

Blinken tells Australia that WikiLeaks founder is accused of ‘very serious’ crime

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday 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. Australia’s center-left Labor Party government has been arguing since winning the elections …

US agrees to help Australia build high-tech missile systems, discusses Julian Assange in AUSMIN talks in Brisbane
1 year, 4 months ago

US agrees to help Australia build high-tech missile systems, discusses Julian Assange in AUSMIN talks in Brisbane

ABC  

The United States has promised to help Australia produce new advanced missile systems and upgrade its northern bases after the two nations held annual high-level talks in Brisbane. Key points: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US would be "racing" to give Australia access to advanced munitions Starting production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, developed by Lockheed …

Australian lawmakers press US envoy for Julian Assange release
1 year, 7 months ago

Australian lawmakers press US envoy for Julian Assange release

Al Jazeera  

Assange’s supporters say he is an anti-establishment hero who has been victimised because he exposed the US wrongdoings. Australian lawmakers have met United States Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia. The “Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group” said on Tuesday it informed …

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