Julian Assange Australia Senate Run Announced
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2012/03/17 16:23:06
CANBERRA, Australia -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due next year despite being under virtual house arrest in England and facing sex crime allegations in Sweden, the group said Saturday.
The 40-year-old Australian citizen is fighting extradition to Sweden. He has taken his legal battle all the way to Britain's Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on his case soon.
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- Adrint 2012/05/13 18:08:34
+1I hope he makes it. Without people like him, the world would be in a much worse state.reply - nothingbutthetruth 2012/03/18 09:12:29 (edited)+1If he is qualify to run, let him run, nothing wrong with that...I will be the last to judge that. The people in Australia to decide that, only they know him better than i do.reply
- Tim 2012/03/17 22:58:56+1Good on him. I'll mark him high on my ballot paper. Our government threw him to the wolves for gross political reasons and must learn that such behaviour is unacceptable to Australians, regardless of our opinions about a citizen's actions.reply
- Steve 2012/03/17 17:36:11+1Sounds like a normal politician to me...reply
