News - World: A group of prominent Australians have asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to explain if he was aware of an alleged CIA plot to kill or kidnap WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Britain.

A report revealed this week that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had contemplated kidnapping or assassinating Assange and others during the administration of former President Donald Trump, while he was living in Ecuador's embassy in London.

The group of 21 lawyers, journalists, academics, and activists, who had once visited Assange in the embassy sent a letter to Morrison on Thursday, demanding his government’s explanation on the events, the ABC reported.

They demanded the prime minister reveal whether they were also caught up in the US 2017 plot and if their lives, were ever at risk.

"We wish to know what surveillance or monitoring we have been subjected to by the intelligence agencies of our allies, the United Kingdom and United States," the letter states.

"Were any of us placed on speculative kill lists?” it asked.

"We also believe we have a right to know whether the Australian government was informed or consented to our communications and movements being tracked,” the signatories asked.

Source: Press TV