exclusive: Julian Assange — coming home next year
In a stunning worldwide exclusive, IA reveals that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may soon be free to return to Australia. Deputy editor Sandi Keane reports.
If Victorians vote Julian Assange into the Senate this Saturday, thanks to proposed changes in the UK’s extradition laws, we may actually see him take his place in the Australian Upper House next year.
Presently, Assange is holed in the Ecuadorian Embassy while he seeks refuge from extradition to Sweden on what many believe are trumped up accusations.
The reason Assange may be able to come back to Australia stems from the UK’s scrapping of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) extradition treaty.The modifications, due to come into effect in between January and June 2014, will prevent the use of extradition for purposes other than prosecution. Remember: Julian Assange has not been formally charged with any offence — the EAW is simply for questioning.
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