Julian Assange could serve jail time in Australia if convicted, US lawyer says

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US authorities have told British judges that if they agree to extradite Julian Assange on espionage charges, the WikiLeaks founder could serve any US prison sentence he receives in his native Australia.

Mr Lewis said US authorities had promised that Assange would not be held before trial in a top-security "Supermax" prison or subjected to strict isolation conditions, and if convicted would be allowed to serve his sentence in Australia.

Mr Fitzgerald said in a written submission that Australia has not yet agreed to take Mr Assange if he is convicted. Julian Assange's legal team have asked he be excused from attending court . Lawyers say he's on new medication, not feeling well enough to appear.Mr Assange later appeared on the video link at times, seated at a table in a prison room wearing a black face mask.

Others say WikiLeaks shone a light on official malfeasance that governments would like to keep secret.

 

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Who gives a shit

Why do we punish him for exposing dirty shits that US did in the world? We do have to stay silent to eat American shit?

Hah if anyone believes the US letting that happen they believe in fairies.

Could.... This is from the mouth of the regime that murdered innocent civilians, and tried to cover it up, if it were not of 'journalist' who exposed their filthy ways. Wake up Australia... the US are an evil race

“Could”? Would that depend on the beneficence of the US and/or Australian governments, both of which have treated Assange as public enemy no.1?

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SBS good.

Free Assange

The benlewismedia tweet included in this article is quite wrong. Assange's partner, StellaMoris1, who is also part of his legal team, tweeted this:

SBS Hopefully somebody makes him explain why he helped Trump win in 2016. Sorry I just can't with Assange. He's obviously shady as hell!

SBS This is nuts. Free Assange.

Who believes America? It is a disgrace that the Australian government is not openly supporting Mr Assange

Never, ever trust the US Authorities..

What prison sentence ?

Free Julian Assange!

Sandra_Sully America would make him disappear or drop dead of 'natural causes' as soon as he was convicted.

Could. There's no way their bruised egos would allow them to do so. But could is enough of a wiggle word for their propaganda machine to run with.

True Australian national hero...bring Julian home.

Lucky him

Julian deserves to come home.

Tell the POS the answer is no...

How nice!

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