Australian government stares down calls to press UK and US for Julian Assange's release

Australia says it is 'not a party' to case and will 'respect the UK legal process' after court clears way for WikiLeaks co-founder's extradition to US The Australian government is staring down calls to intervene to secure Julian Assange's freedom, after a British court cleared the way for the WikiLeaks co-founder to be extradited to the US to face espionage charges. The government said it was monitoring the Australian citizen's case closely, but would "continue to respect the UK legal process - ...