Actor Michael Caton was among the speakers at a rally outside the Sydney Opera House, calling for the government to intervene in the Wikileaks founder's impending extradition to the US.
Prominent Australians have reiterated calls for the federal government to intervene in Julian Assange's impending extradition to the United States, during a rally in Sydney on Friday.the Wikileaks founder's extradition to the United States where he is wanted on 18 chargesIf convicted, lawyers for the 50-year-old Australian have said he could face a jail term of 170 years. US lawyers said he would more likely face four to six years in jail.
"As much as I appreciate the prime minister saying that quiet diplomacy may work in this case, I have my doubts. "Australia wasn't a party to the proceedings and had no standing to intervene in the proceedings," Mr Brandis told the ABC. A former CIA programmer was found guilty in New York federal court on Wednesday of the 2017 leak of the Central Intelligence Agency's most valuable hacking tools to WikiLeaks, two years after his initial prosecution ended in a mistrial.
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