Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has described a UN ruling, that he has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden, as a "victory" for himself and the "independence of the UN.
Appearing on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, he said that the UN ruling is "legally binding" in response to comments from the Foreign Secretary that he remains a "fugitive of justice".
Mr Assange is wanted for extradition on a rape accusation in Sweden.
The Ecuadorian government has demanded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be allowed to go free from its London embassy after a UN panel ruled in his favour.
Foreign minister Ricardo Patino said the ruling, which stated Mr Assange has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden, left both countries with no option but to accept the panel's report, which is not legally binding.
"What more do they want to be accused of before they start to rectify their error?" he told South American broadcaster Telesur.
Mr Patino said Ecuador was analysing its next steps over Mr Assange, who has hailed the ruling as a "significant victory".
Both the UK and Sweden deny Mr Assange has been deprived of his freedom while Swedish prosecutors said the UN panel's decision had no formal impact on its rape investigation against the Australian whistleblower under Swedish law.
A five-person panel became four before even looking at the Assange case and ended with the group divided and ridiculed by Philip Hammond.
From his 2010 arrest warrant to a UN expert panel's call for the WikiLeaks founder to be freed, review the key dates in the Assange case.
Read the full statement by the UN panel, calling for Julian Assange's "right to compensation" and for his "deprivation of liberty" to end.