On 5 February, 2016 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found that the UK and Swedish governments had ‘arbitrarily deprived’ Wikileaks founder, and alleged rapist, Julian Assange, of his liberty. In the process, these liberal democracies had breached articles 9 and 10 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) that condemns arbitrary arrest and asserts the human right to a ‘fair and public hearing’ before an impartial tribunal.
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