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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts) Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:30 PM Mar 2016

Britain asks UN to review Assange ruling

Source: AAP
24 MAR 2016 - 11:30 PM
UPDATED YESTERDAY 11:30 PM

... The ruling last month by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a panel of independent legal scholars, is "deeply flawed and Mr Assange has never been the subject of arbitrary detention," the UK government said on Thursday in a statement ...

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/03/24/britain-asks-un-review-assange-ruling

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Britain asks UN to review Assange ruling (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2016 OP
UK rejects UN panel’s Assange opinion struggle4progress Mar 2016 #1
'Assange has never been the subject of arbitrary detention' struggle4progress Mar 2016 #2

struggle4progress

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1. UK rejects UN panel’s Assange opinion
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:32 PM
Mar 2016

MARCH 25, 201612:48AM

... Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire said: “The original conclusions of the UN working group are inaccurate and should be reviewed ...

“Julian Assange has never been arbitrarily detained by the UK, and is in fact voluntarily avoiding lawful arrest by choosing to remain in the Ecuadorean embassy.

“The UK continues to have a legal obligation to extradite him to Sweden” ...

http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/uk-rejects-un-panels-assange-opinion/news-story/5264c80574bd6926abb7a8238d5eaf67

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struggle4progress

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2. 'Assange has never been the subject of arbitrary detention'
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Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:33 PM
Mar 2016

Published: 24 Mar 2016 14:52 GMT+01:00
Updated: 24 Mar 2016 10:52 GMT+01:00

... The working group will consider Britain's response on April 18th in Geneva ...

http://www.thelocal.se/20160324/assange-has-never-been-the-subject-of-arbitrary-detention

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