UK and Sweden urged to follow UN panel recommendation on Julian Assange

A UN human-rights expert is calling on the UK and Sweden to follow the recommendation by a UN panel to allow freedom of movement for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Alfred de Zayas says the countries should set a "good example" and follow the finding announced on February 5 by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Mr Assange should be free to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London.