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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Caitlin Cassidy

Julian Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit Belmarsh prison

Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has written a letter to King Charles, urging him to visit Belmarsh prison. The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said there is ‘nothing to be served’ by Assange’s ongoing incarceration. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Julian Assange has written a letter to King Charles ahead of his coronation inviting him to visit the UK prison where the WikiLeaks founder has been captive for more than four years “on behalf of an embarrassed foreign sovereign”.

The letter is the first document the Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder has written and published since his time in Belmarsh prison in London and accounts the horrors of his life there.

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