Switzerland: Assange's freedom of movement should 'be respected' - UN

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being held in 'arbitrary detention' in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a UN panel ruled in Geneva on Friday.
Christophe Peschoux, a senior official at the Office United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued the statement, saying: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been 'arbitrarily detained' by Sweden and the United Kingdom since his arrest in London on 7 December 2010."
"The Working Group [on Arbitrary Detention] maintains that the arbitrary detention of Mr Assange should be brought to an end, that his physical integrity and freedom of movement be respected and that he should be entitled to an enforcable right to compensation," Peschoux added.
Regardless of the outcome, UK authorities have said they will arrest Assange if he steps on to British territory since they are bound by a European arrest warrant.
For the past three years Assange has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy, where he took refuge in order to avoid extradition to Sweden on a rape charge which he denies. Ecuador has granted asylum to Assange, and its foreign minister Ricardo Patino has said the WikiLeaks founder is welcome to stay in the embassy.
Assange fears that should he go to Sweden he will be extradited to the USA to faces trial over WikiLeaks' publication of leaked classified US diplomatic cables.