The father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, John Shipton, called on Australia on Thursday to put pressure on its allies, the United Kingdom and the United States, to help bring his son home
any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. a high profile cast of characters is also jumping to assange s defense. bianca jagger was at his defense. joining us in the arena for more on the ruling, naomi wolf, author of the end of america, and jeffrey toobin. thank you for joining us. naomi, let me begin with you. you have been critical of the swedish government for bringing the case. you re basically saying had he not been the individual who released these documents absolutely. this law would not be brought to bear against him in this way. this is government from the u.s. to sweden and britden saying we re going to shut you down. you re saying that s wrong? i can t say conclusively until the man has his day in court. the women need their day in
over. lama hasan has the latest now from london. reporter: julian assange was declared a free man and granted bail on tuesday. but just for a couple of hours. a number of prominent figures, including socialites, journalists and a british film director all offered to post bond worth over $350,000. until this. the latest twist in the case. finally, after two hours, we ve heard that the swedes won t abide by the umpire s decision. and they want to put mr. assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. reporter: the swedish authorities appealed against the decision to grant the wikileaks founder bail. assange isn t going anywhere. he remains behind bars as his team continues to fight the appeal. the 39-year-old has already spent a week in jail since being
latest, and i understand that this is not related to the wikileaks release of the classified u.s. documents, is that right? absolutely correct. this relates to the sexual abuse allegations in sweden, but a british judge ruled today that julian assange could be released b tow night, he is still behind bars. reporter: after a day in court, it was back to jail for julian assange, when swedish authorities appealed a british judge s decision to free the wikileaks founder on bail. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. reporter: swedish prosecutors want to question him about allegations of rape and sexual molestation. before the appeal from the swedes, a judge has ruled that assange could go free if he surrendered the passport and wears an electronic tag and reports daily to police, and obeys a curfew while staying at
the key, don t kill him. nba hall-of-famer, walt fraser breaks down the president s mission. he is a cool guy. he still has to overcome so you also need luck. all of that coming newspaper a packed hour. julian assange could walk out of jail on $315,000 bail. assange has been in a london prison awaiting extra dixon alleged sex offenses in sweden. when assange heard the ruling, he gave a thumbs up. assange will remain in jail for the next 48 hours as swedish prosecutors appeal his release. his lawyer fired off an angry response. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. this is really turning into a