Julian Assange hits out at UK’s response to his ‘arbitrary detention’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remained inside the Ecuadorian Embassy, launching an attack against the British government for its “insulting” response to a UN working group report on his detention.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond branded the working group’s findings on the “arbitrary detention” of Mr Assange as “frankly ridiculous” and said the Australian was “hiding from justice”.

He spoke out after the UN panel had ruled Mr Assange was being “arbitrarily detained” in the Ecuadorian embassy in London — and called for him to be paid compensation.