WikiLeaks founder says he may leave embassy refuge after 3 years

Assange has not left the Ecuadorian Embassy in west London, since June 2012 after being granted asylum.

Writing on WikiLeaks’ Twitter account Wednesday night, Assange said if the U.N. finds he has lost his case against the United Kingdom and Sweden then he will turn himself into police at noon on Friday.

Sweden has long wanted to talk to Assange about complaints made by two women with whom he shared sexual encounters in 2010, but allowed Assange to return to the United Kingdom as it investigated allegations of rape.

The U.N. will make an announcement Friday over whether the WikiLeaks founder should be released from what amounts to detention at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Separately, the Australian fears he could eventually face extradition to the United States to be put on a trial over the leak of hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents by his anti-secrecy group Wikileaks.

The outcome of a United Nations investigation into the case of Assange is set to be revealed tomorrow.

“Mr. Assange’s detention and constant surveillance within the narrow confines allotted to him in the Ecuadorian Embassy have taken a significant toll on his physical and mental health”, the petition reads.

The group, made up of legal experts, has made previous rulings on whether imprisonment or detention is lawful, which have led to people being released.

Assange has offered to be interviewed inside the embassy by Swedish prosecutors.