Julian Assange should
be set free, says UN
A UN rights working
Swedish
Aug 2010:
group has found that
Prosecutors issue
Wikileaks founder
arrest warrant for
Julian Assange has
Assange, containing
been arbitrarily
one allegation of rape
detained by being
and one of molestation
forced to shelter in the
Assange
Dec:
Ecuadorian Embassy in
arrested in London and
London to avoid arrest
bailed on second
Feb 5, 2016
attempt
British
May 2012:
Supreme Court rules
he should be extradited
LONDON
to Sweden to face his
Europe’s biggest
accusers
department
Assange enters
Jun:
Embassy
store
Ecuadorian embassy in
20km
London
12.4 miles
Ecuador grants
Aug:
asylum to Assange,
concerned his human
rights might be violated
if extradited
Swedish
Aug 2015:
prosecutors drop
investigation into
allegations of sexual
molestation and
unlawful coercion
because they run out
of time to question him.
He still faces
accusation of rape
London’s Met
Oct:
Police announces
withdrawal of officers
EMBASSY
stationed outside
OF ECUADOR
Ecuadorian embassy
Occupies modest ten-
room ground floor flat in
UN
Feb 5, 2016:
building it shares with
panel finds in favour of
Colombian embassy
Assange’s claim that he
is being arbitrarily
Assange
Feb 5, 2016:
detained because he
makes statement from
cannot leave embassy
balcony of Equador
without being arrested
embassy in London
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Julian Assange should
be set free, says UN
A UN rights working group has found that Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained
by being forced to shelter in the Ecuadorian
Embassy in London to avoid arrest
LONDON
Embassy
20km
Feb 5, 2016
12.4 miles
EMBASSY
OF ECUADOR
Occupies modest ten-
room ground floor flat in
building it shares with
Colombian embassy
Assange
Feb 5, 2016:
makes statement from
balcony of Equador
embassy in London
Swedish Prosecutors issue arrest warrant
Aug 2010:
for Assange, containing one allegation of rape and one
of molestation
Assange arrested in London and bailed on
Dec:
second attempt
British Supreme Court rules he should be
May 2012:
extradited to Sweden to face his accusers
Assange enters Ecuadorian embassy in London
Jun:
Ecuador grants asylum to Assange, concerned
Aug:
his human rights might be violated if extradited
Swedish prosecutors drop investigation
Aug 2015:
into allegations of sexual molestation and unlawful
coercion because they run out of time to question him.
He still faces accusation of rape
London’s Met Police announces withdrawal of
Oct:
officers stationed outside Ecuadorian embassy
UN panel finds in favour of Assange’s
Feb 5, 2016:
claim that he is being arbitrarily detained because he
cannot leave embassy without being arrested
Source: Wire agencies
Pictures: AP, Getty Images, Bing Maps
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Julian Assange
should be set
free, says UN
A UN rights working group has
found that Wikileaks founder Julian
Assange has been arbitrarily
detained by being forced to shelter
in the Ecuadorian Embassy in
London to avoid arrest
Feb 5, 2016
LONDON
Embassy
20km
12.4 miles
Assange makes
Feb 5, 2016:
statement from balcony of Equador
embassy in London
EMBASSY
OF ECUADOR
Occupies modest ten-
room ground floor flat
in building it shares
with Colombian
embassy
Swedish Prosecutors
Aug 2010:
issue arrest warrant for Assange,
containing one allegation of rape
and one of molestation
Assange arrested in London
Dec:
and bailed on second attempt
British Supreme Court
May 2012:
rules he should be extradited to
Sweden to face his accusers
Assange enters Ecuadorian
Jun:
embassy in London
Ecuador grants asylum to
Aug:
Assange, concerned his human
rights might be violated if extradited
Swedish prosecutors
Aug 2015:
drop investigation into allegations
of sexual molestation and unlawful
coercion because they run out of
time to question him. He still faces
accusation of rape
London’s Met Police
Oct:
announces withdrawal of officers
stationed outside Ecuadorian
embassy
UN panel finds in
Feb 5, 2016:
favour of Assange’s claim that he is
being arbitrarily detained because
he cannot leave embassy without
being arrested
Source: Wire agencies
Pictures: AP, Getty Images, Bing Maps
© GRAPHIC NEWS
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February 5, 2016 - A UN rights working group has found that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by being forced to shelter in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid arrest.