UN rules in favour of Julian Assange

A United Nations panel considering the "unlawful detention" of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has ruled in the Australian's favour, the BBC has reported.

The news comes hours after Assange said he would hand himself over to authorities if the UN announces he has lost his case against arrest.

Julian Assange has been in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for more than three years.

In a statement on the WikiLeaks Twitter feed, Assange said he would leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London at noon local time "to accept arrest by British police as there is no meaningful prospect of further appeal."

The UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is due to officially announce its findings into the Assange case on Friday (local time).

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