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Swedish court mulls dropping Julian Assange arrest warrant Julian Assange: Warrant for Wikileaks founder upheld
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A Swedish court is meeting to decide whether to drop an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on charges of sexual assault. A Swedish court has ruled that an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on charges of sexual assault will stay in place.
Mr Assange, who denies the allegations, has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for the past two years to avoid extradition. Mr Assange, who denies the allegations, has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for the past two years to avoid extradition.
He says he fears he may face charges in the US over the leaking of secret government documents if sent to Sweden. If he is sent to Sweden, he says he fears charges in the US over the leaking of secret government documents.
The court in Stockholm will announce its decision later on Wednesday. A warrant for Mr Assange's arrest was issued at the end of 2010.
A warrant for Mr Assange's arrest was issued at the end of 2010 after allegations by two women of sexual assault. Two women in Sweden accuse him of sexual assault.
Prosecutors have demanded that the warrant should be upheld, Swedish news agency TT reports. The court in Stockholm agreed with prosecutors who had argued that the warrant should be upheld.
But his lawyer, Thomas Olsson, told the AFP news agency he was confident about the hearing as his team has "very strong arguments for the court to overrule the original decision." The Ecuadorean government granted asylum to the Wikileaks founder after the UK Supreme Court refused to re-open his appeal against extradition.
The Ecuadorean government granted asylum to the WikiLeaks founder after the UK Supreme Court refused to reopen his appeal against extradition. Mr Assange fears that if he were extradited to Sweden, he would be extradited again to the United States, where he could face charges over the release of thousands of secret documents by Wikileaks.
Mr Assange fears that once he has been extradited to Sweden, he will be extradited again to the United States, where he could face charges over the release of thousands of secret documents by Wikileaks. Chelsea Manning, an American soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the US for passing documents to Wikileaks.
Chelsea Manning, an American soldier formerly known as Bradley, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the US for passing documents to Wikileaks.
The leaks caused intense embarrassment of the US and other governments.The leaks caused intense embarrassment of the US and other governments.