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From left to right, United Nation Working group staff on Arbitrary Detention , Setondji Ronald Advovi, Leigh Toomey, and Jose Antonio Guevara Bermudez take part in a news conference in Athens, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. A preliminary report issued by the working group after a visit to Greece found that although some improvements had been made, Greece was still violation of certain international obligations concerning detention, both in the criminal justice system and concerning migration. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

UN: Greece still in violation of some norms for detention

Associated Press

A banner reading in Catalan: &quot;Freedom political and exiled prisoners&quot; hangs from the balcony of the Palau Generalitat, in Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, May 27, 2019. The lower chamber of Spain's Parliament on Friday suspended Oriol Junqueras and three colleagues from their recently gained seats as national lawmakers because they are currently in jail during an ongoing trial at Spain's Supreme Court. They face up to 25 years in prison for rebellion charges that stem from a banned referendum and an independence declaration made by the separatist-controlled Catalan government in late 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain decries UN working group’s opinion on jailed Catalans

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Assange has been jailed for 50 weeks for breaching his bail after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UN group slams WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s ‘disproportionate’ sentence for breaching bail

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, right, sits with Reverend Jesse Jackson of USA, stand on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in central London, Friday Aug. 21, 2015. Assange has been holed up inside the Ecuador Embassy building since 2012, as he fights against extradition to Sweden in relation to allegations of sexual assault. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) ** FILE **

U.N. panel: Julian Assange detained arbitrarily, should be freed

By Jamey Keaten and Gregory Katz - The Washington Times