'Will leave embassy tomorrow, get arrested if UN rules against me'

February 04, 2016 10:00

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will agree to be arrested by British police on Friday if a UN investigation into his three years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in central London does not rule that he is being illegally detained.

Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy for more than three-and-a-half years, after Swedish authorities sought his extradition. He has not been charged with any offence, but has been sought for questioning in Sweden in relation to sexual assault allegations made against by two women against him. The United Nations working group on arbitrary detention is set to hand down a determination on Assange's case on Friday morning.

The decision is a last-ditch legal attempt by Assange for a ruling that his detention is arbitrary and unlawful.

In a statement issued by WikiLeaks on Twitter, Assange 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."

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