Australia’s most senior diplomat in UK flying with Julian Assange to Saipan

Australia’s most senior diplomat in UK flying with Julian Assange to Saipan

WikiLeaks founder due to be sentenced at a hearing in Northern Mariana Islands

Julian Assange, the creator of WikiLeaks, is being escorted by Australia’s most senior ambassador in the UK as he makes his way to a US territory in the Pacific to finalize a plea agreement.

“We want him brought home to Australia,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared to the parliament on Tuesday, confirming the high-level consular support for Assange.

Assange had left the nation with the help of the UK’s high commissioner, Stephen Smith, according to Albanese, who also mentioned that Australia’s ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, was “also providing important assistance.”

Reports of a plea agreement to stop the US’s pursuit of Julian Assange in relation to the release of diplomatic cables and hundreds of thousands of secret documents regarding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have drawn cautious responses from Australian lawmakers.

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Tuesday saw the WikiLeaks X account tweet, “Julian Assange is free,” announcing that he had escaped London’s Belmarsh jail on Monday and sharing a video of himself boarding an aircraft.

In court documents, US prosecutors stated that 52-year-old Julian Assange has consented to enter a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to obtain and reveal classified information.

On Wednesday, at a court held on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, he is scheduled to be sentenced.

“No one should judge Julian for accepting a deal to get the hell out of there and come home,” stated Labor MP Julian Hill. His condition is precarious.

Hill expressed his optimism “for the best now” and gave Albanese credit for his tenacious pursuit of the issue.

Hill declared, “Whatever your opinion of Assange, he is an Australian, and enough is enough.”

“The prime minister should be commended greatly for his discernment and tenacity in persistently seeking a settlement to this situation.

The Biden administration, however, has come under fire from former US Vice President Mike Pence over the alleged agreement. Pence wrote on X, “There should be no plea deals to avoid prison for anyone that endangers the security of our military or the national security of the United States.” At all times.”

The issue was brought up in parliament on Tuesday by independent MP Monique Ryan, who was a part of a cross-party group that went to Washington to advocate for Assange late last year.

Was the Australian citizen “finally coming home,” Ryan questioned Albanese.

Albanese responded by applauding the impending court hearing on Wednesday, but she refrained from making any direct remarks as “we recognize these proceedings are crucial and delicate.”

“Regardless of people’s opinions about Julian Assange and his activities, the case has dragged on for too long, there is nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration, and we want him brought home to Australia,” he stated. “I have been very clear, both as the Labor leader in opposition and as prime minister.”

In order to promote a favorable result, Albanese stated that his administration had used “all appropriate channels.” He added that he would have more to say “when these legal proceedings have concluded, which I hope will be very soon.”

In order to promote a favorable conclusion, Albanese stated that his administration has employed “all appropriate channels.” He added that he would have more to say “when these legal proceedings have concluded, which I hope will be very soon.”

Penny Wong, the minister of foreign affairs, stated before the Senate that “we want to see Mr. Assange reunited with his family in Australia.”

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The Coalition has “consistently said that the US and UK justice systems should be respected,” according to Simon Birmingham, the shadow foreign minister.

Birmingham stated, “We are pleased that Mr. Assange’s decision to enter a guilty plea will put an end to this protracted tale.”

According to the Greens, Assange “should never

Assange was attacked, according to Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, “for telling an awful, inconvenient truth about war crimes.”

Across party lines, there had been growing agreement in the Australian parliament that a means of securing Assange’s return to Australia was necessary.

Albanese claims that when on a visit to Washington in October 2023, he discussed the issue directly with US officials, including President Joe Biden.

During a meeting in January of this year, the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, claimed to have brought up the issue with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland.

Albanese and cabinet members backed a legislative motion in February of this year that independent MP Andrew Wilkie presented, pleading with the US and UK to permit Assange to return to

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