Julian Assange says he will 'accept arrest' on Friday if UN rules against him [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

Thursday 4 February 2016 08.33 GMT

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will agree to be arrested by British police on Friday if a UN investigation into the legality of his three-and-a-half years enforced stay at Ecuadorian embassy in central London does not rule in his favour.

The Metropolitan Police have said they will make “every effort” to arrest the WikiLeaks founder should he leave.

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The United Nations working group on arbitrary detention is set to hand down a determination on Assange’s case on Friday morning.

The decision is a last-ditch legal attempt by Assange for a ruling that his detention is arbitrary and unlawful. It rests on a challenge to the European extradition system, his inability to access the benefit of the grant of asylum by Ecuador, and what he argues is his long-term detention.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/04/julian-assange-wikileaks-arrest-friday-un-investiga