WikiLeaks editor brands Julian Assange imprisonment 'vindictive'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks at a UK court for a bail breach offence.

Update: Speaking outside court, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said the sentence was an “outrage” and “vindictive in nature”.

“It doesn’t give us a lot of faith in the UK justice system for the fight ahead,” he told a crowd packed with journalists and supporters.