The Australian government must do more to bring Julian Assange to his home nation because his extradition to the United States would threaten freedom of speech around the world, Australian human rights lawyer Jen Robinson said in a virtual meeting of the “Don’t Extradite Assange” campaign on Saturday.
“What the Australian government needs to do is exercise diplomatic protection over Julian Assange as an Australian citizen. It’s not enough for [Prime Minister] Scott Morrison to say that he has had just as much if not more consular assistance as any other Australian. That is not what this case needs, this is a case of unprecedented nature. This is a case which threatens free speech around the world,” Robinson said.
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