U.N. panel backs freeing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to walk free from the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been “arbitrarily detained” by the British and Swedish governments, a UN panel has ruled. In a report published Friday morning, the Geneva-based Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said the Australian citizen is “entitled to his freedom of movement” as well as compensation. The findings were widely anticipated to rule in Assange’s favor, and he issued a statement Thursday...