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Britain rejects UN panel ruling on Assange: Government

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Britain rejected a UN panel's ruling on Friday that called for Julian Assange's "detention" at Ecuador's embassy in London to be brought to an end, saying it would challenge the report's findings.

"This changes nothing. We completely reject any claim that Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. The UK has already made clear to the UN that we will formally contest the working group's opinion," the government said in a statement.

Britain rejected a UN panel’s ruling on Friday that called for Julian Assange’s “detention” at Ecuador’s embassy in London to be brought to an end, saying it would challenge the report’s findings.

“This changes nothing. We completely reject any claim that Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. The UK has already made clear to the UN that we will formally contest the working group’s opinion,” the government said in a statement.

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