Category: Expressions of Support

Urgent Appeal to Bring Julian Assange Home to:
Hon. Scott Morrison Prime Minister of Australia

Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Women

All Parliamentarians of the Government of Australia,

I am pleased to be advised that Australian parliamentarians from across the political spectrum are now choosing to stand and work together to bring Julian Assange home to Australia.

The establishment of the “Bring Assange Home Parliamentary Group” is a great leap forward in upholding the human rights of this Australian citizen and journalist.

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More information on the “Bring Assange Home Parliamentary Group”

26th Oct 2019

Passing a motion at its national conference today, the ALA resolved to call for the Australian Government to do all it can to bring Julian Assange back to Australia and to resist attempts by the US to extradite him.

“This is an important issue about the rule of law and protecting an Australian in a vulnerable position overseas,” said ALA national president, Mr Andrew Christopoulos.

The ALA is concerned about the reach of the charges brought against Mr Assange.

“This is about standing up for the rule of law, fairness and the freedom to expose wrong doing,” said Mr Christopoulos.

“An Australian citizen is abroad and we are concerned that his well-being is being compromised.  The reported decline of Julian Assange’s physical and mental health heightens the need for urgent government intervention. The government has intervened in cases like this before and should do so in this circumstance.”

reference: ALA web page

The Australian Lawyers Alliance is a national association of lawyers, academics and other professionals dedicated to protecting and promoting justice, freedom and the rights of the individual.

The Sydney Peace Foundation calls on the UK Government to refuse to extradite Julian Assange to the USA, where he is likely to face serious human rights violations in pre-trial detention.

The allegations of rape and other sexual violence against Julian Assange in Sweden should be properly investigated, and Assange should be brought to justice if convicted in a fair trial. If Sweden requests his extradition from the UK to proceed with legal action on the basis of these allegations, they should give assurances that he will not then be extradited to the USA.

Julian Assange was awarded the Foundation’s Gold Medal for Human Rights in 2011 for championing the people’s right to know, and for exceptional courage and initiative in pursuit of human rights.

Mr Joyce says “Sovereignty is not just for people that you like or people that you have a philosophical relationship to, it might be for someone you detest, it might be for someone that you find completely obnoxious.
Nonetheless, if they’re a citizen of this nation, they should be afforded the rights of a citizen.”

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Mr Joyce argues if a person commits a crime in another country while they are there, they should be judged by those laws.
“If a person is residing in Australia and commits a crime in another country, I don’t believe that that is a position for extradition,” he said.
“If they weren’t actually there, if they weren’t present there, that is a question for Australian law.”
We have to follow the principle, even if we don’t have regard for the person.”