Daniel Duggan says he faces ‘gross injustice’ if extradited to US in speech from Sydney prison

The former US marine pilot urges his audience to ‘say no to politically charged extraditions of Australian citizens’

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In a speech from prison, the Australian pilot Daniel Duggan has said he faces a “gross injustice” if extradited to the US and, potentially, a “cruelly long sentence”, warning Australia against acquiescing to the demands of powerful countries.

The address, dictated by Duggan from his prison cell to his legal team, and read on his behalf on Saturday night in Sydney, urged his audience to “say no to Australia being a political lackey to any foreign government, as allies can be dangerous too”.

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