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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Julian Assange: Australian government urged to show ‘courage’ against US over charges

Photo of three smiling people, including Julian Assange and Jennifer Robinson, wearing business attire
Julian Assange and human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson (right) in an undated photo. Photograph: WikiLeaks/PA

Julian Assange is facing “a very dark” situation and the Australian government must show “courage” in pushing the US to drop the charges against the WikiLeaks co-founder, a leading human rights lawyer says.

Jennifer Robinson, who represents Assange, said she last saw her fellow Australian citizen during a visit to Belmarsh prison, in London, last month and indicated his health had been declining since he had a mini-stroke last year.

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