Her Excellency Ms Veronika Bard Ambassador Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations 82, Rue De
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Her Excellency Ms Veronika Bard Ambassador Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations 82, rue de Lausanne Geneva Switzerland 1 March 2016 We the undersigned, including legal and human rights organizations, academics, and policymakers condemn the reactions of the governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom to the finding by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Julian Assange is arbitrarily detained. The governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom are setting a dangerous precedent that undermines the United Nations Human Rights system as a whole. We urge Sweden and the United Kingdom to respect the binding nature of the human rights covenants on which the decision is based, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; as well as the independence, integrity and authority of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. We therefore call on the governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom to comply without further delay with the Working Group's findings and "ensure the right of free movement of Mr. Assange and accord him an enforceable right to compensation, in accordance with article 9(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Signatories 1. Acceso Libre, Venezuela 2. ACI Participa, Honduras 3. ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, Romania 4. Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais, Mozambique 5. Adail Ivan de Lemos, Journalist, artist and Filmmaker, Brazil 6. Adam Bandt, Senator, Australia 7. Adelaide Gonçalves, Historian, Brazil 8. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Argentina 9. Agencia Latinoamericana de Información, Bolivia 10. Agustin Rossi, Minister of Defense 2013 – 2015, Argentina 11. Agência Publica, Brazil 12. Ahmed Ezzat, Human Rights Lawyer, Egypt 13. Ai weiwei, Artist and Activist, China 14. Airton Paschoa, Writer, Brazil 15. Al Burke, Editor Nordic News Network, Sweden 16. Alan L. Stewart, Director of Progressive Global Commons, US 1/12 17. Alan Mills, Writer, Guatemala 18. Alberto Mas, CAP Coordinator and Journalist, Argentina 19. Alberto Ferrari, Journalist, Argentina 20. Alberto Fraguas-Herrero, CEO Instituto de Estudios de la Tierra, Spain 21. Aleen Stein, Founding partner Criterion Collection, CEO and Publisher of Organa L.L.C., US 22. Alejandra Ancheia, Executive Director and Founder, ProDESC, Mexico 23. Alejandra Ancheita, Human Rights Defender, Mexico 24. Alex Mitchell, Journalist, Australia 25. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Academic, Kyung Hee University, South Korea 26. Alfonso Cuarón, Film Director, Producer, Acedemy Award for Gravity, Children of Men, Y tu Mama Tambien, Mexico 27. Alicia Jrapko, Solidarity activist, Resumen Latinoamericano, US 28. Alipio Freire, Journalist, Writer and Artist, Brazil 29. Almudena Bernabeu, Director Transitional Justice Program, Center for Justice & Accountability, Spain 30. Alternative Intervention of Athens Lawyers (AIAL), Greece 31. Amado Heller, Editor, Argentina 32. American Association of Jurists (AAJ), US 33. Amina Meddeb, Diplomat, France 34. Ana Maria Ramb, Writer & Editor, Argentina 35. Anand Grover, Former UN Special Rapporter on Health, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India, India 36. Andrew Bartlett, Research Fellow, ANU, Australia 37. Andrew Greig, Writer, UK 38. Andrew Hsiao, Editor Verso Books, US 39. Andrew Ross, Academic and Writer, New York University, US 40. Andrés Izarra, Journalist and Politician, Venezuela 41. Angela Richter, Director and Writer, Germany 42. Anibal Carrillo, 2013 Presidental Candidate, Paraguay 43. Antony Loewenstein, Journalist, Author and Political Activist, Australia 44. Arab Lawyers Union (ALU), Middle East 45. Aral Balkan, Founder of Ind.ie, Turkey 46. Archie Law, Executive Director ActionAid, Australia 47. Articulação de Empregados Rurais do estado de MG (ADERE-MG), Brazil 48. Artistas, Cientificos y Movimientos Sociales, Cuba 49. Arundhati Roy, Author, India 50. Asamblea Nacional de Afectados Ambientales, Mexico 51. Asociación Mayoritaria de Afrodescendientes del Ecuador AMAE, Ecuador 52. Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC), Argentina 53. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, Egypt 54. Associação de Rádios Públicas do Brasil (ARPUB), Brazil 55. Associação Portuguesa de Juristas Democratas (APJD) (Portuguese Association of Democratic Jurists), Portugal 56. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Australia 57. Axel Kicillof, Former Minister of Finance, Argentina 58. Azyz Amami, Blogger and cyber-activist, Tunisia 59. Baltasar Garzon, Jurist, Fundación FIBGAR, Spain 60. Barbara Lochbihler, Member of the European Parliament, Germany 61. Bartomeu Melià, Jesuit Priest, Autonomous University of Social Movements, Mexico 2/12 62. Belén Gopegui, Writer, Spain 63. Bennu Gerede, Actress, Turkey 64. Bernard Keane, Journalist, Australia 65. Bernard Cassen, Academic, University of Paris 8, France 66. Bernard Pignerol, Conseiller d'Etat, Government of France, France 67. Bernard Stiegler, Philosopher, France 68. Bibiana Leme, Deputy Editor Boitempo, Brazil 69. Bill Hackwell, Photojournalist, Resumen Latinoamericano, US 70. Bonita Meyersfeld, Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 71. Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism, Brazil 72. Brian Eno, Musician and Artist, UK 73. Brita Sundberg-Weitman, Former Chief Judge and Associate Professor of Public International Law, Sweden 74. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Canada 75. Canan Gerede, Film-maker, Turkey 76. Capitulo Cubano De La Red En Defensa De La Humanidad De Intelectuales, Cuba 77. Carlos Ortellado, Coordinador de la mesa nacional por los DDHH del Paraguay, Paraguay 78. Carmen Aristegui, Anchor of Aristegui CNN Español, Mexico 79. Carmen Márquez-Carrasco, Academic, Derechos Humanos y Globalización, Spain 80. Cecilia Nahón, Former Argentinain Ambassador to US, Argentina 81. Center for Constitutional Rights, US 82. Center for International Law, Singapore 83. Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM), Switzerland 84. Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia 85. Charles Glass, Author, Journalist, and Broadcaster, US 86. CHARTA 2008, Sweden 87. Chris Hedges, Journalist, US 88. City of A Coruña, Spain 89. City of Barcelona, Spain 90. City of Madrid, Spain 91. Claudio Katz, Economist, Argentina 92. Code Pink, US 93. Coletivo Juntos! - Por outro futuro, Brazil 94. Comision Nacional de Organizaciones Sociales de Uruguay, Urugauy 95. Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT), Brazil 96. Comite Carioca de Solidariedade a Cuba, Brazil 97. Comite en Solidaridad con la Causa Arabe, Spain 98. Comité Chileno De Solidaridad Con Palestina, Chile 99. Comité de Derechos Humanos de Base de Chiapas Digna Ochoa, Mexico 100. Comité de Solidaridad con los Pueblos, Latin America 101. Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos CDH, Ecuador 102. Comunidad de Software Libre de Nicaragua (GUL-NIC), Nicaragua 103. Confederación de Trabajadores y Servidores Públicos Nacional OSTNA, Ecuador 104. Confederación Intercultural Campesina del Ecuador AMARU, Ecuador 105. Consulta Popular, Brazil 106. Convergencia Nacional de Organizaciones Sociales del Ecuador, Ecuador 107. Cooperativa de Trabalho em Comunicação e Cultura Desacato, Brazil 108. Coordenação Nacional de Entidades Negras (CONEN), Brazil 3/12 109. Coordinador Nacional Agrario de Colombia CNA, Colombia 110. Craig Murray, Former UK ambassador, UK 111. Cristina Vazquez, International Vice President of Workers United, US 112. Cuba Si France, France 113. Daniel Ellsberg, Former United States military analyst and source of Pentagon Papers, US 114. Daniel Richter, Artist, Germany 115. David Barsamian, Investigative Journalist, Armenian-American 116. Demand Progress, US 117. Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom, India 118. Dennis Kucinich, Former presidential candidate and Congressman, US 119. Derechos Digitales, Chile 120. Diane Johnstone, Journalist and Author, France 121. Dirk Poot, Politician (Pirate Party of the Netherlands) and Programmer, Netherlands 122. Domingo Laino, President Plataforma de Estudio e Investigación de Asuntos Campesinos, Paraguay 123. Douglas Rushkoff, Writer, Lecturer, Media Theorist, US 124. Dr. Agnes Callamard, Director Colombia University Global Freedom of Expression Project, former Chef de Cabinet Amnesty International, US 125. Dr. Athina Karatzogianni, Academic, Leicester University, UK 126. Dr. Benedetta Brevini, Journalist and Lecturer, Australia 127. Dr. Bernard Kirtman, Academic, UCSB, US 128. Dr. Cynthia McKinney, Former U.S. Congresswoman and 2008 Presidential Candidate, US 129. Dr. David Goldberg, Editor, Australia 130. Dr. Des Freedman, Academic, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK 131. Dr. Ellie Rennie, Deputy Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia 132. Dr. Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez, Academic, Writer, Cinema director NY University, Philosopher, Writer, Mexico 133. Dr. François Houtart, Co-Founder World Social Forum, Ecuador 134. Dr. Harry Halpin, Academic, MIT, US 135. Dr. James Cockroft, Lecturer and writer, New York State University, US 136. Dr. Jeff Sparrow, Author, Australia 137. Dr. Margarita Ledo Andión, Journalist, Writer and Film-Maker, USC, Spain 138. Dr. Rigmor Robèrt, M.D, Sweden 139. Dr. Scott Burchill, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia 140. Dr. Winston Orrillo, Author, Premio Nacional de Cultura del Perú, Peru 141. Edgar Morin, Philosopher, France 142. Edgardo Esteban, Journalist and Writer,