British foreign secretary Philip Hammond calls the ruling of a UN panel which said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was being arbitrarily detained ‘flawed in law’. Labelling Assange a ‘fugitive from justice’,Hammond says the Australian can approach out of the Ecuadorian embassy anytime he chooses but he will have to face justice in Sweden. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/PALive updatesRead: UN panel calls on UK and Sweden to terminate Julian Assange’s ‘deprivation of liberty’Watch: Julian Assange – arbitrary detention ruling is legally binding, says UN official Continue reading...
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