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Australia confirms Wikileaks' Assange has valid passport
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 22, 2019 / 10:47 PM / UPDATED 15 HOURS AGO
Australia confirms Wikileaks' Assange has valid passport
Alison Bevege
3 MIN READ
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to end his asylum in its London embassy and extradite him to the United States.
The new passport, which would allow Assange, who is in failing health, to return to Australia, was issued in September last year but remained unreported until Saturday. His previous passport had expired.
Senior officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Thursday told a Senate estimates hearing that Assange had a valid passport, reiterating a statement from last October.
Senator Rex Patrick of minority party Centre Alliance, who has taken up Assange’s cause in parliament, asked department officials if they had talked to the United States about safe passage for Assange if he left the embassy.
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Australia confirms Wikileaks' Assange has valid passport
Alison Bevege
3 MIN READ
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to end his asylum in its London embassy and extradite him to the United States.
The new passport, which would allow Assange, who is in failing health, to return to Australia, was issued in September last year but remained unreported until Saturday. His previous passport had expired.
Senior officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Thursday told a Senate estimates hearing that Assange had a valid passport, reiterating a statement from last October.
Senator Rex Patrick of minority party Centre Alliance, who has taken up Assange’s cause in parliament, asked department officials if they had talked to the United States about safe passage for Assange if he left the embassy.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-ecuador-assange/australia-confirms-wikileaks-assange-has-valid-passport-idUSKCN1QC049
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