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Australian federal MPs – including the prime minister and cabinet members – have voted overwhelmingly to urge the US and the UK to allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good. Regardless of your thoughts on Assange they're torturing him over there and that is not an acceptable punishment for anything.

[–] livus@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

This. Plus he's an Australian citizen. He should be deported to Australia to serve whatever sentence. US are not treating Australia with respect.

[–] BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago

Dismantle the Surveillance state

[–] intelshill@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Australia being based for once