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Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is working in the “most effective way possible” to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

Ithaka: The Fight to Free Assange review – there’s no better show about the WikiLeaks founder’s battle

Does this documentary about Julian Assange’s struggle for freedom lack subtlety? Yes. But – for deeply troubling reasons made clear by this programme – it’s the best we have

The Guardian - UK

Review: Ithaka Chronicles the Fight To Save Julian Assange

"If he goes down, so will journalism," Assange's father John Shipton says in the documentary.

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Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Julian Assange

A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia.

Reuters

Julian Assange: Australian MPs urge US ambassador to end extradition bid

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was ‘grateful’ for the opportunity to meet Caroline Kennedy to discuss broad concern for the WikiLeaks founder

The Guardian - AU

In London, Brazil's Lula calls for efforts to free Assange

After attending the coronation of King Charles III in London, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent four years in Britain’s Belmarsh Prison

The Independent UK

Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison

The WikiLeaks founder writes that he has been captive in the prison for more than four years ‘on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign’

The Guardian - AU

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‘Quite the legacy’: Julian Assange asks King to visit him in prison

The WikiLeaks founder has spent more than four years in Belmarsh prison in London.

The Independent UK

Australia PM says no point in US’s continued pursuit of Assange

The WikiLeaks founder has been in a UK jail for years as he fights extradition to the US.

Al Jazeera

Albanese says nothing served by US still pursuing Assange

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

Australia PM says 'frustrated' over continued detention of Julian Assange

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday he was frustrated for not yet finding a diplomatic fix over the continued detention of Julian Assange and that he remained concerned about the mental health of the WikiLeaks' founder.

Reuters

Dutton joins Albanese for the first time to back end to Assange’s UK incarceration

Opposition leader supports diplomatic intervention in WikiLeaks founder’s case, saying it has ‘gone on too long’

The Guardian - AU

‘Enough is enough’: PM calls for Assange release

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is concerned for the mental health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and there is no reason for him to stay in jail.

The New Daily

Anthony Albanese speaks about frustration over unsuccessful attempts at diplomacy with the US to free Julian Assange

Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.

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The Guardian - US

If you care about press freedom, make some noise about Julian Assange

The US justice department has acted appallingly in the Assange case. If he can be prosecuted, so can journalists everywhere

The New Daily

Wife says treatment of Julian Assange ‘inhuman and cruel’

The treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been described by his wife as "inhuman and cruel" as he continues to be held in prison.

The Independent UK

Treatment of Julian Assange ‘inhuman and cruel’, wife says

Stella Assange said her husband’s physical condition is deteriorating by the day.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Whistleblower or traitor? How to think about Jack Teixeira and the Pentagon leaks

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

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The Guardian - US

From Ellsberg to Assange: Jack Teixeira joins list of alleged leakers

The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks

The New Daily

Assange imprisonment has gone on for too long: Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government will continue to press for the release of Australian journalist Julian Assange.

The Independent UK

G-7 talks may measure allies' reaction to US documents leak

The Biden administration says it's seeing minimal damage from the disclosure of highly classified documents related to the war in Ukraine and U.S. views of its allies and partners

WEKU

The latest saga of revealed U.S. secrets stirs memories of past legendary leaks

Call them whistleblowers or traitors, call their actions conscientious or unconscionable, the people who decide on their own to share classified material have often altered the course of events.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Pentagon leaks: this system puts lives at risk

Editorial: Publishing internal documents in wartime will always be controversial. But the US secrecy world is not fit for purpose either

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man Suspected of Leaking Secret US Documents Appears in Court

A 21-year-old member of the US Air Force National Guard accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online made his initial appearance before a federal judge in Boston on Friday to face charges he unlawfully removed and retained classified materials. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was…

Reuters

Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges

A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material.

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