Australia PM frustrated over detention of Julian Assange
By DW
07 May 2023 |
4:14 pm
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is currently fighting his extradition from the UK to the US. Australian PM Anthony Albanese said "nothing is served" by Assange's ongoing incarceration.
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