Julian Assange eyeing Senate: Wikileaks tweet

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/julian-assange-eyeing-senate-wikileaks-tweet/story-fn59niix-1226302502397

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, despite being under house arrest in Britain, the whistleblower group has tweeted.

Wikileaks announced its intentions today, saying the organisation also planned to field a candidate to run against Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her seat of Lalor at the next election.

"We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained. Julian has decided to run," the Wikileaks website tweeted.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks

Assange4Senate: Here is an article looking at how Julian can run for the Aust Senate from house arrest in the UK
http://wlcentral.org/node/2401
2012-01-02 A 'Wikileaks' party and #JA4Senate in the Australian polity: Can Parliament be 'occupied'?

WikiLeaks' Assange to run for Australian Senate
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Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, who has been critical of the government's handling of the case, called on Canberra to oppose any attempts to transfer Assange to the US.

Ludlam told AFP he had no knowledge of Assange's plans to run for the Senate, but that he had the right to do so as an Australian citizen, and his running for office could boost the profile of his extradition case.
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