Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday that he had personally asked US officials to end legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying: "
Enough is enough
."
Julian Assange, a 51-year-old Australian citizen, is being prosecuted in the United States for having published from 2010 more than 700,000 confidential documents on American military and diplomatic activities, in particular in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“
Some time ago I made my point that enough is enough.
It is time for this case to be brought to an end
,” Anthony Albanese told the Australian parliament.
“
I have raised this issue personally with US government officials.
My position is clear.
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While saying he has no sympathy for many of Julian Assange's actions, the Australian Prime Minister asked "
what is the point of this lawsuit, this lawsuit, which could now be bogged down for many years in the future?
Arrested by British police in 2019 after seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange is currently being held in the UK, in a high security prison near London, pending the examination of his appeal. against the British government's decision to extradite him.
Anthony Alabanese compared Julian Assange's treatment to that of Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year prison sentence for stealing secret Wikileaks documents was commuted in 2017 by then-President Barack Obama (2009 -2017).
Chelsea Manning "
is now able to participate freely in American society
," said the Australian Prime Minister.