Who Aside From Julian Assange Has Been #ArbitrarilyDetained?

By Josh Lowe On 2/5/16 at 8:29 AM EST

19/08/2012_Assange — Julian Assange in west London on August 19, 2012. Twitter users are mocking a U.N. body which said the Wikileaks founder had been "arbitrarily detained" inside London's Ecuadorian embassy. Reuters/Olivia Harris

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A U.N. advisory body has said that Julian Assange has been "arbitrarily detained" in London's Ecuadorian Embassy thanks to the U.K. and Swedish governments.

Trouble is, Twitter isn't quite sure what that means. So users have contributed a few ideas:

Don't give up, Han!

#arbitrarilydetained pic.twitter.com/WdwpzKWkMn
— Jonathan Zdziarski (@JZdziarski) February 5, 2016

This guy doesn't look too bothered:

why is it always the ones you put the least thought into? pic.twitter.com/wWVU0AAH0O
— Tom Barfield (@tombarfield) February 5, 2016

Serious peril:

#arbitrarilydetained pic.twitter.com/3ygeQxWnN3
— Jonathan Zdziarski (@JZdziarski) February 5, 2016

#WhoWillSpeakForEngland:

#arbitrarilydetained pic.twitter.com/YwVKBI30mN
— Kenny Stewart (@Kenny__Stewart) February 5, 2016

Doesn't look too bad:

.@Kenny__Stewart #ArbitrarilyDetained https://t.co/eYDudkGObu
— Scott AW Brown (@Scott_AW_Brown) February 5, 2016

This big question:

Where's Buddy's compensation? #arbitrarilydetained pic.twitter.com/f1DfIv9inC
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) February 5, 2016

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