Julian Assange to run for Australian Senate

Published time: March 17, 2012 07:10
Edited time: March 17, 2012 12:50
Julian Assange (AFP Photo / Miguel Medina)

Famous whistleblower and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in the Australian Senate – despite being under home arrest in Great Britain.

­The decision was announced by the Wikileaks group via twitter.

While awaiting possible extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crime charges, Julian Assange, a native of Queensland in northeastern Australia, is still eligible to run for office.  He plans to make a bid for the country’s Upper House.

Assange have consistently denied allegations of sexually assaulting two women in 2010.

The Australian Senate election is set for 2013.

Wikileaks has also promised to put up another candidate to challenge the current Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her home state of Victoria.

Julian Assange’s show ‘The World Tomorrow’ is to premiere on RT later this month.

Comments (24)

Wibble 13.04.2012 12:10

The biggest problem with Wikileaks is that sooner or later counter intelligence and misleading information is going to be provided to Wikileaks, disguised as leaks, and it is going to be another arm of the government propaganda. It's just a question of time before this happens, it's going to be very difficult to determine when this happens too and with what information.

I am very surprised that there hasn't been fake wikileaks releases regarding 9/11 backing up the government story but showing some mildly embarrassing stuff to cover the government's involvement.

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RTrocks 19.03.2012 04:14

Anybody who purports to be the voice of the people in pursuing truth and justice for all... while at the same time vehemently opposing any suggrstion that 911 was an inside job (Chomsky too)has qurstionable character and integrity in my view.
I too belive that Assange is on the NWO payroll. How else do you explain the fact that he has a pending conviction while planning to run in the Senate?
It just doesn't make any sense... like most CIA conceived plans.

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slim mazafaka 18.03.2012 14:02

I would vote for him to be the PRESIDENT of Australia perhaps the world the world needs more honest men and women like M.r Assange

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