A UN panel has decided that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s 3.5 years in the Ecuadorian embassy amount to “arbitrary detention,” leading his lawyers to call for the Swedish extradition request to be dropped immediately.
The UN Panel's judgment is not legally binding but can be used to apply pressure on states in human rights cases.
Assange’s Swedish lawyer said if the working group found in his favour, “there is only one solution... and that is to immediately release him and drop the case,” and added: “If he is regarded as detained, that means he has served his time, so I see no other option for Sweden but to close the case.”
Assange’s lawyers also demanded assurances from the UK that he would not be arrested and subjected to potential extradition to face potential prosecution over WikiLeaks’ publishing activities.
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