Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Payne. On 8 December the UN special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, appealed to British authorities to immediately release Julian Assange from prison or place him under guarded house arrest during US extradition proceedings. Minister, today is international Human Rights Day. Will the minister join this call from the UN special rapporteur on torture in calling for Mr Assange's human rights to be protected?