Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has called for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to lobby the leaders of the US and the UK to stop the extradition of Julian Assange.
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"I have no doubt that Anthony Albanese has enough influence over the British prime minister to bring this to an end if he picks up the phone and says, 'end this madness'. "We respect the fact he doesn't want to use megaphone diplomacy, because these matters are delicate, as we saw with the [David] Hicks' matter," he said on Saturday.
"The actions of the US are a warning sign to journalists and whistleblowers everywhere and undermine the importance of uncovering wrongdoing."Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International also expressed its concern. "Diplomatic assurances provided by the US that Assange will not be kept in solitary confinement cannot be taken on face value given previous history.”
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