Friday, December 3, 2010

Sweden reaffirms Assange arrest call

Sweden Assange Thursday reiterated a call for the arrest of WikiLeaks founders Julian to overthrow Supreme Court than the country refused to hear Mr. of Assange's appeal to an earlier detention order.

Suggesting that Mr Assange in the UK, said Swedish prosecutors you now a previous arrest warrant for Mr Assange will update, because British police had asked for more information. Sweden wants the question Mr Assange alleged sexual offences has denied committing the WikiLeaks founder. He was charged with any wrongdoing.

Had no actionable arrest warrant to arrest Mr Assange and didn't know where it was said earlier Thursday, British police. Mr. of Assange's lawyer in the United Kingdom, Mark Stephens, said his client was in London on November 18 but rejected an opinion on its current location. Mr of Stephens says to know, where Mr Assange is British and U.S. police and security forces.

The Swedish decision increases the likelihood that Mr Assange will be arrested even though it is unclear how soon he would be extradited to Sweden if his lawyers to fight extradition. She could not immediately be achieved to comment on the Court.

Mr Assange has come under pressure after the release of thousands of classified information of the U.S. Government in recent months. Washington has "stolen" the military and diplomatic documents and could your publication violated international relations and lives at risk, said called. WikiLeaks exaggerated gets these claims.

He has called the Swedish case an attempt him for his WikiLeaks labor, claim Swedish prosecutor smear Marianne NY Thursday denied. "It is at all not WikiLeaks." It goes to Julian during his stay in Sweden Assange and do what he did or not, ", said in an interview."

A Swedish court issued an order for Mr Assange's arrest 18 November, at the request of the Swedish prosecutors, Mr Assange on allegations in question to verify that he raped a woman and others bothered to during a visit to Sweden this summer. Mr Assange has twice, that court order placed. The first court of Appeal confirmed it and Sweden's highest court Thursday rejected Mr. of Assange's appeal to hear.

Members of the European Union questions for the delivery of someone located in another Member State by a European arrest warrant. In the UK, the serious organised crime Agency would then issue a certificate, the validation of the arrest warrant, if it the policies that law set followed by UK. SOCA processed yet, said an arrest warrant for Mr Assange a spokeswoman for the Agency Wednesday, declined further comment.

Issued on 20 November one Interpol "Warning wanted international persons" on Mr Assange in all 188 Member countries of the Interpol worldwide, at the request of the Swedish authorities. The warning is no arrest warrant, but Interpol says that many countries consider it "a valid request for provisional arrest."

-Niclas Rolander
and Sven Gründberg
contributed to this article.

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