WikiLeaks founder’s release was culmination of years of behind-the-scenes diplomatic lobbying, which got big boost when Albanese took office
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free from a court in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law. It brought an end to an extraordinary 14 year legal saga.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free from a court in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law. It brought an end to an extraordinary 14 year legal saga.
It was the culmination of years of behind-the-scenes diplomatic lobbying, which was given a big boost when Albanese took office in 2022, backed up by existing but ever-growing cross-party campaigns and community advocacy.The Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson becomes emotional when he describes the early efforts campaigning for Assange’s freedom.
In the subsequent years, however, one notable MP agreed to meet Assange’s father. Prior to becoming prime minister, Albanese had several lunches with Shipton. Shipton was left with the impression that the long-time Labor left faction member would do whatever he could to free his son. The Australian government was careful in public to say it respected US and UK legal processes, and ministers did not say outright that the US must “drop the charges” or abandon its bid to extradite Assange from the UK.paid Assange a well-publicised visit in Belmarsh prison
However, in a nod to sensitivity of the matter, the talking points also acknowledged Australia could not “intervene” in the legal proceedings: “We are doing what we can government to government but there are limits until Mr Assange’s legal processes have concluded.” “I ambushed her at a garden party that she was hosting - a very polite ambush with a plate - and really pressed for the need for her to meet with us,” Hill recalls.at the sprawling US embassy compound in the heart of Canberra’s diplomatic hub of Yarralumla on 9 May 2023.
This was most apparent in February this year when Albanese and his cabinet members voted in favour of a parliamentary motion urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return to Australia.
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