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UN panel rules in Julian Assange's favour
I doubt this resolves anything, but the fact of the British government 'arbitrarily detaining' foreign nationals seriously undermines its claims of taking any moral high ground. I think he's still a long way away from freedom and, let's face it, freedom wouldn't last very long even if he were allowed to leave the Embassy; he'd be snatched and rendered to the US within days, even if he made it to Ecuador.A UN panel has ruled Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been "arbitrarily detained", the BBC understands.Mr Assange took refuge in London's Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex assault claims, which he denies.
He earlier tweeted he would accept arrest if the panel ruled against him, but called for the arrest warrant to be dropped if the decision went his way.
The Met Police said he will still be held if he does leave the embassy.