The Sunshine Coast mother of jailed WikiLeaks mastermind Julian Assange has just one mission in mind: to hug her son.

Christine Assange, who has never before left her home in Australia, has landed in London to visit her son in jail.

Christine Assange is desperate to hug her son, Julian, in his prison cell. Credit:The Sunshine Coast Daily

“I came here to be with my son. I want to see him, I want to see how he is,” she said.

Mrs Assange said the Australian government needed to do more to help her son.

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“There’s Julia Gillard opening for Oprah … and my Julian is sitting here in prison. Is it more important to suck up to the Yanks than to look after your own people?”

Read the full story at the Sunshine Coast Daily.