'No hint' of US plan for Assange extradition: Australia
- Published: 24 Jun 2012 at 11.48
- Online news: Asia
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Sunday said there was "no hint" of a plan to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States should he be sent to Sweden.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (pictured in May) on Sunday said there was "no hint" of a plan to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States should he be sent to Sweden.
Assange, an Australian, took refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London on Tuesday to seek asylum so as to avoid his extradition to Sweden on rape allegations, saying he fears Stockholm will hand him to the United States.
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