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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

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

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

Graphic shows where Assange is sheltering and a timeline of events leading up to the present lengthy stand-off.
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POLITICS

Julian Assange exile

By Ninian Carter

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.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 05/02/2016; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press / Getty Images
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