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Diane Abbott: Whistle-blowing is why Assange is in US cross-hairs

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Julian Assange is in the “cross-hairs of the US administration” over his whistle-blowing activities, according to the British Labour Party.

The UK’s Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott raised this as the reason why the Wikileaks founder would be subject to an extradition warrant from the US.

Her remarks came after Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid updated MPs about the arrest of Assange following almost seven years of him living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Speaking in the Commons, Ms Abbott said she was glad Assange will be able to access medical care because there have been “worrying reports about his ill health”.

“We want to make the point that the reason we are debating Julian Assange this afternoon, even though the only charge he may face in this country is in relation to his bail hearings, is entirely due to the whistle-blowing activities of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.”

She said: “On this side of the House we want to make the point that the reason we are debating Julian Assange this afternoon, even though the only charge he may face in this country is in relation to his bail hearings, is entirely due to the whistle-blowing activities of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.”

Ms Abbott went on: “It is this whistle-blowing into illegal wars, mass murder, murder of civilians and corruption on a grand scale, that has put Julian Assange in the cross-hairs of the US administration.

“It is for this reason that they have once more issued an extradition warrant against Mr Assange.”

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