The Australian government continues to provide WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now in custody in the United Kingdom, with consular assistance, a spokesperson of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Thursday.
“The Australian Government continues to provide consular assistance to Mr Assange, including visiting him in prison and communicating with his next of kin in Australia,” the spokesperson told Sputnik.
This comes after, a London court sentenced Assange to 50 weeks in prison for breaching bail by going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012. Assange is due to appear in London court later on Thursday to face a hearing on the US request for his extradition. The hearing will start at 10 a.m. local time (09:00 GMT) in Westminster Magistrate Court.