Pauline Hanson has called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be pardoned so he can be released from hiding after publishing secret military files.

The One Nation Senator urged Donald Trump to consider granting the 'political prisoner' and 'Australian hero' a presidential pardon.

Wikileaks had published information which damaged the Clinton campaign over the course of the U.S. election.

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Pauline Hanson has called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be pardoned and released from the Ecuadorean embassy in London (he is pictured at the embassy)

Senator Hanson (pictured) called Mr Assange a 'political prisoner' and 'Australian hero'

'I hope that in light of his great service towards freedom and truth President Elect Donald Trump will consider granting Mr Assange a full presidential pardon,' Senator Hanson wrote in a statement on Thursday.

Mr Assange has been holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012, to avoid being extradited to Sweden over sexual assault allegations.

He claims the accusations are part of a rouse to have him extradited to the U.S., after Wikileaks published 500,000 secret military files on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Mr Assange is expected to be questioned by Swedish authorities next week. He has not been charged with anything by U.S. or Australian authorities.

Wikileaks had published information which damaged the Clinton campaign ahead of Donald Trump's victory

Earlier this week, he wrote he had 'come under enormous pressure to stop publishing' damaging information about Clinton because of the timing.

He said Wikileaks had not received information about Trump.

Senator Hanson shared her statement on Twitter with the words: 'FREE JULIAN ASSANGE: It is time to bring him home.'

'I hope the Government of Australia has taken notice and will no longer continue to assist in the shameful imprisonment of an Australian hero,' Senator Hanson said.

She flagged her intention to petition the Australian and U.S. governments to immediately release the 45-year-old.

A video of her expanding on the issue will be released over social media about 6pm on Thursday.

Pauline Hanson released the statement on Twitter on Thursday morning

Mr Assange has been holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012, to avoid being extradited to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, which he claims are a rouse to have him extradited to the U.S. after Wikileaks published secret military files