‘Enough is enough’: Albanese says ‘nothing to be served’ by Assange incarceration
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says “enough is enough” as there is “nothing to be served” by the ongoing incarceration of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Joe Biden has claimed the United States is considering a request from Australia to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. When asked about the request by a reporter on Wednesday during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House, Mr Biden said, ‘We're considering it’.“We have raised the case of Mr Assange at all levels of government, and we’ve used all of our diplomatic efforts at every level to communicate that it is time that this was brought to a close,” Mr Albanese told Sky News Australia.
“Enough is enough – there is nothing to be served by the ongoing incarceration of Mr Assange, and we want Mr Assange to be able to return home. “These are complex issues because of the separation of powers that’s there between the political system and the judiciary, and in this case, the Department of Justice in the United States, but we continue to use all avenues at our disposal.”
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