The country’s parliament recently passed a measure - backed by PM Anthony Albanese - calling for the return of Mr Assange to his native Australia.
The US wants to extradite the 52-year-old from the UK on criminal charges over the leaking of military records.
Mr Assange denies the charges, saying the leaks were an act of journalism.
The president was asked about Australia’s request on Wednesday and said: “We’re considering it.”
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
I’m just pissed off he got himself out of the rape charges by hiding in a closet for long enough.
theroff@aussie.zone 7 months ago
It’s more complicated than that. He offered to go to Sweden to face charges on the proviso that he was guaranteed to not be extradited to the United States. Sweden refused, the charges expired and the US extradition process started in the UK.
…wikipedia.org/…/Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_Au…
anathema_device@bne.social 7 months ago
@theroff @vzq in otherwords, what vzq said