Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is accused in a rape case

Julian Assange
Julian Assange
AFP|PTI Stockholm
Last Updated : Sep 16 2016 | 3:12 PM IST
A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape accusation, rejecting his request to have it lifted.

The court announced in a statement that Assange "is still detained in absentia", adding that it "shares the assessment of the (lower) district court that Julian Assange is still suspected on probable cause of rape... And that there is a risk that he will evade legal proceedings or a penalty.
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First Published: Sep 16 2016 | 2:57 PM IST

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