today, the 47-year-old Julian Assange, has spent six-and-a-half years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he took refuge after he was accused of sexual offences in Sweden. Allegations that Assange denies and claims designed solely to get him extradited to the united states.
granted Assange region citizenship but has still not been able to leave the embassy for fear of being arrested and extradited to the united states where he faces a long-term punishment, suspicion of having leaked classified material.
The british authorities have so far said that they will arrest Assange if he leaves the embassy.
On Friday called on the united nations human rights experts on the Uk to allow Assange leave the embassy without risking arrest, writes the news agency Reuters. According to the UN experts have Assange unlawfully been forced to stay at the embassy without having formally been accused for something.
