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| Julian Assange 'will surrender' if UN rules against him | Julian Assange 'will surrender' if UN rules against him |
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| Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained. | |
| In a statement on Twitter, Mr Assange said he would accept there was "no meaningful prospect of further appeal". | In a statement on Twitter, Mr Assange said he would accept there was "no meaningful prospect of further appeal". |
| He has been fighting extradition to Sweden where he faces an allegation of sexual assault, which he denies. | |
| Mr Assange has not left the Ecuadorian Embassy in west London, since June 2012 after being granted asylum. | |
| The UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is due to announce the findings of its investigation into Mr Assange's case on Friday. | |
| Mr Assange, who entered the Ecuadorian Embassy after the UK Supreme Court ruled the extradition against him could go ahead, asked the panel to examine his situation in September 2014. | |
| Return of passport | |
| Wikileaks has posted secret US government documents on the internet and Mr Assange says he believes Washington will seek his transfer if he is sent to Sweden. | |
| In his statement published by Wikileaks, Mr Assange said he should be able to walk free if the the UN panel rules in his favour. | |
| He said: "Should the UN announce tomorrow that I have lost my case against the United Kingdom and Sweden I shall exit the embassy at noon on Friday to accept arrest by British police as there is no meaningful prospect of further appeal. | |
| "However, should I prevail and the state parties be found to have acted unlawfully, I expect the immediate return of my passport and the termination of further attempts to arrest me." |