The fight for Dan Duggan - Part 2: The extradition battle
4/26/202615 min
Dan Duggan’s case is now an extradition battle.
Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus approved the Australian citizen’s extradition to the United States and the Federal Court has rejected the latest attempt to stop it.
Duggan’s supporters say this is no longer just a legal case – they believe it’s also shaped by geopolitics and the growing rivalry between the United States and China, and by Australia’s willingness to go along with Washington.
Today, journalist Michael Sainsbury, and Saffrine Duggan, on why the Australian government signed off on Duggan’s extradition, what he could face in the United States, and why his supporters say he has become caught in something much bigger than one man.
This is part two of a two-part episode.
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Guest: Saffrine Duggan and journalist and member of the Free Dan Duggan campaign Michael Sainsbury.
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First 90 secondsNicole Johnston· Host0:00
This is part two of a two-part episode. If you haven't already, go back and take a listen to our first episode.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:06
Free Dan Duggan. Free Dan Duggan.
Nicole Johnston· Host0:10
For years, Dan Duggan's case has turned on one question after another: What happened in South Africa, what he knew, and whether, as an Australian citizen, the United States has the right to prosecute him at all? But by the time his case reached the Federal Court this year, the fight was about something more immediate, whether Australia would let him go.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:33
Our government should make it clear that being an Australian citizen matters, and that when another country comes for you, they'll protect you as best they can, and they'll protect your family, they'll protect your assets.
Nicole Johnston· Host0:44
[gentle music] I'm Nicole Johnston, and you're listening to 7AM. Today, journalist Michael Sainsbury and Safrene Duggan on why they believe the Australian government really approved Duggan's extradition, and how his supporters came to see the case as part of a wider struggle between the United States and China. It's Monday, April 27. Michael, could you take us inside this recent extradition hearing? What happened in court?
Michael Sainsbury· Guest1:23
So the recent extradition hearing was a challenge to the extradition that Mark Dreyfus had signed off