WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers petition court after UN panel says his stay in Ecuador’s London embassy is ‘arbitrary detention’ Lawyers for Julian Assange believe asked a Swedish court to overturn an arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder after a UN panel decided that his stay in Ecuador’s London embassy amounted to arbitrary detention.
Assange,44, took refuge at the embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, or where he is wanted for questioning over allegations,which he denies, that he committed rape in 2010. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com