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Opposition leader supports diplomatic intervention in WikiLeaks founder’s case, saying it has ‘gone on too long’

Optimism has lifted the Assange campaign, after the PM aired frustrations with the government’s gridlocked diplomatic efforts to free the WikiLeaks co-founder.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is concerned for the mental health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and there is no reason for him to stay in jail.

Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.

The US justice department has acted appallingly in the Assange case. If he can be prosecuted, so can journalists everywhere

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent four years mostly inside his UK maximum-security prison cell for a case his wife Stella describes as ‘99% politics and 1% law’, and the divide between the rich and poor in Sydney grows ever wider.

The treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been described by his wife as "inhuman and cruel" as he continues to be held in prison.

Stella Assange said her husband’s physical condition is deteriorating by the day.

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks

The Assange campaign has called on the government to leverage AUKUS talks next months to negotiate the WikiLeaks cofounder’s release.