WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been transferred to the segregation unit of the London prison where he has been held since his arrest earlier this week. Assange’s attorneys will ask for his release on bail at a hearing next Tuesday. Assange was jailed on an international warrant to face sexual crime allegations in Sweden. He has not been charged with a crime but is wanted for questioning on allegations of unlawful sexual contact with two women. On Thursday, Assange’s attorneys distanced Assange from a wave of ongoing cyber-attacks targeting companies and others who have taken action against WikiLeaks. Firms including PayPal, MasterCard, Visa and Amazon have cut ties with WikiLeaks after the U.S. government condemned its release of secret diplomatic cables. Speaking in Geneva, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said the moves against WikiLeaks could be violating its right to free speech.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay: “I am concerned about the reports of pressure exerted on private companies, including banks, credit cards companies and internet service providers, to close down credit lines for donations to WikiLeaks, as well as to stop hosting the website or its mirror sites. Taken as a whole, they could be interpreted as an attempt to censor the publication of information, thus potentially violating WikiLeaks’ right to freedom of expression.”

Despite kicking WikiLeaks off its servers, Amazon’s website in Britain is still selling the WikiLeaks cables in downloadable electronic format.