Supporter hopes Wikileaks founder Assange will be freed

Name: Supporter hopes Wikileaks founder Assange will be freed
Uploaded: 2016-02-04T13:47:40.000Z
Duration: 36 s
Description: Vaughan Smith, journalist and friend of Julian Assange, says he hopes authorities will act "accordingly" after UN panel rules in favour of Wikileaks founder.

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A UN panel has ruled in favour of Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange after he complained he was "arbitrarily detained", the BBC understands.

His friend, Vaughan Smith, told the BBC he was pleased with the ruling and hoped authorities would act "accordingly".

4 February 2016