Joe Biden, President of the United States of America, said this Wednesday that he is considering Australia’s request to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Reuters.
“We are looking at that possibility,” Biden says when asked if he has a response to Australia’s request to stop prosecuting Assange.
In February, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese supported the proposal to return Assange to Australia, but US authorities are trying to extradite the WikiLeaks founder from the UK to the US, where he is wanted on related criminal charges. a large number of confidential US military and diplomatic documents.
In a post on social network X addressed to Biden, Julian Assange’s wife urges him to do the right thing. “Do what is right. Drop the charges,” he said.
Assange’s extradition was suspended in March after London’s High Court said the US must provide assurances that he would not be sentenced to death.
The 52-year-old Australian has been held in Belmarsh maximum security prison in London for five years.
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