WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will accept arrest by the British police if a United Nations panel on arbitrary detention rules against him, according to a tweet by the whistle-blowing website.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is widely expected to announce its decision Friday on an application by Assange over his confinement in the Ecuador embassy in London since 2012.

The move late Wednesday by Assange apparently aims to bring his detention at the embassy to an end, whatever the outcome, while also putting pressure on the relevant governments to reciprocate and abide by the decision of the UN panel, if it is favorable to him.

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