Australian MPs from across the political spectrum will travel to Washington to recruit American politicians to the campaign for the WikiLeaks founder’s release.
, stressed that he was motivated by principle rather than any personal sympathy for Assange’s actions.Shoebridge said the trip would demonstrate a level of political unity that was unheard of in the US.
“For some in the US, the attack on an Australian like Assange may seem abstract, but the laws that have been used to target him can easily be weaponised against other journalists in the US and abroad.” “We span the hard left to the hard right; besides the weather and Julian Assange we probably don’t all agree on anything.”“This is a layer of the political system that hasn’t really been engaged before,” Shipton said.
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