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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Namita Singh

Australian MPs travel to US to call for end to pursuit of Julian Assange extradition

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A cross-party delegation of six Australian lawmakers will travel to the US this month to push for an end to the pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

The US has called for the extradition of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen, after his website WikiLeaks published thousands of US government documents in 2010, which included a cache of military records and diplomatic files, some of which were classified.

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