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Kat Wong

MP makes 11th hour bid to stop Assange extradition

The campaign to free Julian Assange, who faces being extradited to the US, continues. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

As part of a last-ditch attempt to stop Julian Assange's extradition, an independent MP has called on the federal government to leverage its US and UK connections and bring the WikiLeaks founder home.

Assange will front the High Court in London on February 20 in what could be the final bid to prevent his extradition to the United States, after more than a decade spent evading the Americans. 

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