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Julia Gillard not sticking up for Julian Assange

…..”You have cast aside the presumption of innocence and prejudiced his right to a fair trial,” she said in a piece written in reply to the Prime Minister…….

Ms Gillard has said she will not raise the Assange matter while she is in the US.

Assange’s mother hits out at Gillard, The Age, Michelle Grattan, March 7, 2011, JULIAN Assange’s mother has lashed out at Julia Gillard, accusing her of ”character assassination” and prejudicing her son’s right to a fair trial. Christine Assange was responding to criticisms of the media and ”myths” in their coverage of Assange and WikiLeaks made by the Prime Minister in an interview with The Age last week….

Ms Assange ridiculed Ms Gillard’s statement that her personal view of Assange did not affect the government assistance given to him.

”Are you serious? A prime minister publicly accuses one of her own citizens as having committed an ‘illegal act’ and impugns his character ahead of the most publicised case in the world this decade – and you think it has no effect?”

…..”You have cast aside the presumption of innocence and prejudiced his right to a fair trial,” she said in a piece written in reply to the Prime Minister…….

Ms Gillard has said she will not raise the Assange matter while she is in the US.

Ms Assange, who lives on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, said the US-Australia alliance should be strong enough to allow an Australian prime minister to stand up for an Australian citizen’s interests.

”She should say that America stands for freedom and rule of law and that should be applied to Julian.” Assange’s mother hits out at Gillard

March 7, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, civil liberties | civil liberties