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The fate of the WikiLeaks founder is in foreign hands, but now the weight of the Australian government and parliament is demanding he be sent home.

The fate of the WikiLeaks founder is in foreign hands, but now the weight of the Australian government and parliament is demanding he be sent home.

“The ongoing prosecution of Julian Assange jeopardises media freedom everywhere in the world”, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), in a joint statement ahead of his appeal hearing in London on 20 and 21 February. The IFJ and EFJ, which represent nearly 200 journalists unions’ and associations, have opposed Assange’s extradition since the publication of the US incitements under the US Espionage Act.

When Julian Assange enters the dock at the Royal Courts of Justice at the end of this month he will have completed nearly five years in HMP Belmarsh. How much longer he will be a British prisoner will be for the court to decide? It is quite possible that a plane will take him to Washington within days.

A new documentary chronicling the life and persecution of Julian Assange provides one of the most significant explorations of the journalist's life and work.