Wikileaks’ Julian Assange could be a free man thanks UN
February 4, 2016
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is set to learn the outcome of a United Nations investigation that could potentially rule he is being illegally detained in the UK. Following a complaint filed by Assange in September 2014, the UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which analyses complaints of illegal arrests and detentions from a human rights perspective, will publicly announce its decision in the case of Assange vs UK and Sweden by Friday 5 February 2016.
Furthermore, according to WikiLeaks, if the detention is found to be unlawful Assange could be “released immediately” and compensated by the UK and Swedish governments. Assange has been residing in the Ecuadorian embassy under political asylum since June 2012. British police say they still plan to arrest Julian Assange if he leaves the embassy.