Julian Assange is the victim of an arbitrary detention in the Embassy of Ecuador London? This is the question that must meet, Friday, February 5, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). Meanwhile, the Swedish prosecutor’s office announced Thursday in a statement that this opinion will be “ no formal impact on the ongoing preliminary investigation under the Swedish Act .”
Read also: First understand the case Julian Assange before the arbitration of the UN
Entrenched in the Embassy of Ecuador in London since June 2012, which offered him protection, co-founder of WikiLeaks is suspected by the Swedish justice for rape and sexual assault committed during a visit to Sweden. Charges he denies, while accusing the Swedish justice to act on behalf of the United States where it would count, he said, to extradite him.
Julian Assange claims to be “detained” by the UK – what the country vehemently denies, arguing that it is not under house arrest and that it is in the Ecuadorian embassy on his own. “ For nearly four years, Mr. Assange was denied a number of fundamental freedoms. In the past 816 days, he was confined in an area of 30 m 2 in the Embassy of Ecuador in London, with no access to fresh air or sunlight (…) and it is in a constant state of legal and procedural insecurity. Assange has not been charged , “it said in the text submitted to WGAD.
” I expect the return of my passport “
as the Swedish parquet floor, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also suggested that the UN decision would not change, saying it would be always under the obligation arrest Mr. Assange and extradite him to Sweden. As for Ecuador, it said Thursday he “ maintained ” protection to him.
The UN reiterated Thursday that his decision would be known only on Friday morning . But several sources, including a spokesman for the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have already suggested that arbitration was favorable to Julian Assange.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, composed five experts, reviews requests from individuals or groups believed to be victims of arbitrary detention contrary to human rights. Its decisions are technically not binding in themselves: the group can impose the re-released from a prisoner, but its decisions, which sanction a violation of fundamental rights, have an important weight. In 2014, the group has issued 136 “urgent appeals” to 48 Governments concerning 435 people.
Friday, awaiting the UN decision, Julian Assange had announced in a statement that ‘in case of unfavorable arbitration, he would agree to surrender to British police. “ However , he added, if I prevail and it is recognized that state parties acted illegally, I expect the immediate return of my passport and the end of any new attempt to stop “
Read also:. The spectacular comeback WikiLeaks
No comments:
Post a Comment