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Australian Lawmakers to Visit Washington to Lobby for Julian Assange’s Freedom
The delegation includes MPs across the political spectrum who all agree the US needs to drop its case against Assange | A delegation of Australian lawmakers will visit Washington later this month to lobby for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the US and convicted for exposing US war crimes. Six members of the Australian parliament from across the political spectrum will make the trip, including former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce. [...] The delegation will visit Washington on September 20-21 and plans to meet with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The idea is to draw attention to the issue before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s scheduled trip to the US capital at the end of October. ● The Australian government has stepped up the pressure on the US in recent months to drop the case against Assange, who has been held without charges in London’s Belmarsh Prison as the US has been trying to extradite him. The issue was raised with Secretary of State Antony Blinken when he visited Australia in July, but he rejected the Australian concerns.
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