Australian MPs to lobby US to drop Julian Assange prosecution or risk ‘very dangerous’ precedent for Russia and China
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6EF55)
Cross-party delegation of Australian politicians to travel to US in attempt to build momentum against extraditing WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange's supporters will urge the US to drop the prosecution of the Australian citizen on the basis the very dangerous" precedent will be exploited by China and Russia.
Six Australian politicians are expected to focus on freedom-of-speech arguments when they fly to Washington DC later this month to warn against extraditing the WikiLeaks founder from the UK.
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