The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today called for an end to the jailing of Julian Assange, a day after the WikiLeaks founder was given the right to make a final appeal against his extradition from Britain to the US.

A British court yesterday allowed Mr Assange to appeal the ruling, as Washington wants the Australian, 52, on trial for leaking US military and diplomatic secrets.

After the decision, the Prime Minister of Australia today repeated his call for an end to the prosecution of Mr Assange, while adding that his prolonged imprisonment “doesn’t do any good”.

“We will continue to work (…) to secure this result,” Mr Albanese continued, speaking to the press, adding “enough is enough”.

The British government initially accepted the US extradition request in June 2022.

He has been incarcerated in London’s Belmars maximum security prison since April 2019, where he was taken after his arrest to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he spent seven years.

In February, Mr. Albanese stressed that the prosecution against Julian Assange cannot continue “indefinitely”.

Washington is seeking to prosecute Julian Assange for leaking more than 700,000 confidential and classified documents relating to US military and diplomatic activities, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan, since 2010; he risks, if extradited and convicted, imprisonment for up to 175 years.