Julian Assange’s brother urges Anthony Albanese to ‘up the ante’ over Wikileaks founder’s case

Prime minister pushed back on idea of US president personally stepping in, but Gabriel Shipton calls prosecution entirely political'

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Julian Assange's brother has urged the Australian government to up the ante" after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed he raised the WikiLeaks founder's case with Joe Biden last week.

Assange's brother, Gabriel Shipton, told Guardian Australia: If his government can get back Cheng Lei from China, why is he so impotent when it comes to Julian and the USA?"

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