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Julian Assange’s extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States has been approved but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will not be pressured into publicly intervening in the case.
Academic Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert, who was held in an Iranian prison for 804 days, says she hopes the Australian government is conducting traditional diplomacy “behind the scenes”.
It comes as Mr Albanese ruled out “megaphone diplomacy” as a way to repatriate Mr Assange.
“There hasn’t been much evidence of either the previous Labor government ten years ago or the various situations of the Liberal government … that diplomacy has born much fruit,” she told Sky News Australia.
“I really hope given Albanese’s prior statements prior to being elected in support of resolving this issue of Julian Assange that that means Penny Wong and Albanese himself are behind the scenes picking up the phone.”
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