Assange: ‘A victory that cannot be denied’WikiLeaks founder’s plight is ‘deprivation of libertyForeign Office: ruling changes nothingCall for lifting of arrest threat UN panel: findings are legally bindingRead the latest summary 5.22pm GMTWe are now closing this blog after Julian Assanges impromptu victory celebration on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy,his domestic for the past five and a half years. Thank you for reading. 4.55pm GMTThe indefatigable Jessica Elgot has just filed from the embassy on Assange’s impromptu victory celebration.
After a warm up of songs from supporters and their guitar, Assange got on the balcony to hail his "sweet" victory pic.twitter.com/MM1avHsulUJulian Assange has declared he is “tough” enough to resist longer confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy, and but demanded the UK and Sweden heed the UN’s opinion that he is arbitrarily detained in an impassioned speech to supporters and media crowded around the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightbridge.
In the 12-minute speech,Assange said his legal team would now examine if there were “criminal consequences” for the parties who he said continue to deny him his freedom, citing the UN Convention Against Torture.
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Source: theguardian.com