Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined calls to end attempts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and raised questions over its fairness:
Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Barnaby JoyceDeputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined calls to end attempts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and raised questions over its fairness.
“Assange was not in breach of any Australian laws at the time of his actions. Assange was not in the US when the event being deliberated in a court now in London occurred. The question is then: why is he to be extradited to the US? If he insulted the Koran, would he be extradited to Saudi Arabia?”Mr Joyce said while he’s never met Mr Assange and from observation, he doesn’t “respect him”, he was not in the US when leaks were put online.
Independent Senator Rex Patrick told SBS News over the weekend the Australian government had not placed enough pressure on the US and UK governments about the case, and said Mr Joyce, who is currently is in Washington in quarantine, should use his time there to lobby the Biden administration.
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