The Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, who remains in Belmarsh prison in the UK, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited.
The Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, who remains in Belmarsh prison in the UK, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited.
Rape is not why we have him, and is sort of irrelevant. If you dig into it, the original rape charge was a little dubious (or at least over-implied, but not a hill I’m gonna die on - I’m just saying there’s more there and look it up for yourself if you want the context for that comment), but the guy can get fucked for entirely different reasons.