Pamela Anderson: My Open Letter to Australian PM Scott Morrison on Julian Assange

Dear Prime Minister Morrison, 

Your comments following my appeal to you on 60 Minutes were disappointing. 

You trivialized and laughed about the suffering of an Australian and his family. You followed it with smutty, unnecessary comments about a woman voicing her political opinion.

We all deserve better from our leaders, especially in the current environment. 

Following the show, 60 Minutes canvassed the views of Australians online. People responded in the thousands, overwhelmingly—92% of more than 7000—in favour of bringing Julian home. 

Rather than making lewd suggestions about me, perhaps you should instead think about what you are going to say to millions of Australians when one of their own is marched in an orange jumpsuit to Guantanamo Bay—for publishing the truth. You can prevent this.

Julian Assange will soon face his seventh Christmas isolated from family and friends, after 8 years of detention without charge. 

For six years he has been refused any access to fresh air, sunshine, exercise, or proper medical or dental care.

In February 2016, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) stated that his detention was unlawful.

For the past seven months Mr. Assange has been denied the right to receive visitors, use internet or telecommunications.

This Australian is not getting a fair go; his human rights are being openly violated.

I am hopeful Australia now has a leader with strength and conviction enough to bring him home.

Australia and the world are watching how you treat your citizen, your publisher, in dire need of help from his own government.

With hope,

Pamela Anderson