Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie is making a special trip to London to lobby for Julian Assange's freedom.
Two Australian politicians will travel to the UK this weekend at their own expense to visit Julian Assange in jail and seek his release.
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Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie and Queensland Nationals MP George Christensen, who chair a parliamentary group in support of the WikiLeaks founder, will pay a visit to Belmarsh Prison near London and lobby the British government.
Assange is set to face trial on February 24 to determine whether he should be extradited to the US, where he has been charged with 17 counts of spying and one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
Australian Associated Press
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