Assange gets a favourable ruling from UN panel about his 'arbitrarily detained' plea
His tweet in WikiLeaks said, "I will accept arrest by British police on Friday if UN rules against me."
Assange, an Australian, sought refuge in London's Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden where he has been accused of sexual assault.
He denied the accusation and said he was being targeted for releasing thousands of pages of government secret through WikiLeaks.
Sweden issued an arrest warrant in 2010 against Assange and wanted to question him about the sex-crime.
Assange was in London at that time and tried to get the arrest warrant dismissed. Ecuador granted his political asylum and he has been staying at their London embassy since then.
In 2014, he complained to the UN that he was being "arbitrarily detained" as he could not leave without being arrested.
After the UK Supreme Court ruled Assange could be extradited, he said the extradition could go against him; he feared that United States might ask Sweden to send him over for prosecution.
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