04-02-2016 18:16 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Assange 'Arbitrarily Detained' In Embassy

Sweden's foreign ministry has said a UN report concludes that Julian Assange has been "arbitrarily detained" in a London embassy. The WikiLeaks founder, 44, has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in west London since June 2012 and has been granted political asylum by the Ecuador government. A lawyer for the 44-year-old told Associated Press news agency that if the UN panel rules he has been arbitrarily detained, then Sweden has no other option but to revoke an arrest warrant which could all
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