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A Swedish appeals court has upheld an arrest warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, wanted for questioning in a sexual assault case. From BBC: The Court of Appeal refused Mr Assange’s appeal for the detention order issued in 2010 to be revoked. Mr Assange, who denies the allegations, has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition. If he is sent to Sweden, he says he fears charges in the US over the leaking of secret government documents. Two women in Sweden accuse him of sexual assault. ‘No reason’ Thursday’s court decision ruled on an appeal against a similar decision by a lower court. “There is no reason to set aside the detention solely because Julian Assange is in an embassy and the detention order cannot be enforced at present for that reason,” the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm said in a statement. “The reasons for detention still outweigh the reasons to the contrary since Julian Assange is suspected of crimes of a relatively serious nature and there is a great risk that he will evade legal proceedings or punishment if the detention order is set aside.” The Ecuadorean government granted asylum to the Wikileaks founder in 2012 after the UK Supreme Court refused to reopen his appeal against extradition. Mr Assange has not been formally indicted in Sweden, but prosecutors want to question him over allegations of sexual misconduct and rape involving two women he met during a visit to the Scandinavian country in 2010. Mr Assange denies the allegations and has said they are part of a smear campaign against him. He 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. 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. The leaks caused intense embarrassment of the US and other governments.
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Foto: Hina ŠVEDSKE vlasti ne odustaju od uhićenja Juliana Assangea, osnivača Wikileaksa, koji već više od dvije godine živi u ekvadorskom veleposlanstvu u Londonu kako bi izbjegao izručenje. Assange je od suda zatražio da odbaci uhidbeni nalog zbog sumnji da je počinio silovanje. Assange tvrdi kako su optužbe, koje su prijavile dvije Šveđanke, protiv njega lažne i politički motivirane. Švedski prizivni sud u četvrtak je odbacio taj zahtjev, javlja CNN. Assange je u strahu da će ga Švedska izručiti SAD-u ako pristane na uhićenje i ispitivanje u Švedskoj. U SAD-u ga traže zbog objavljivanja tajnih vladinih podataka. Već više od dvije godine živi u veleposlanstvu Ekvadora u Londonu Australski državljanin, 43-godišnji Assange, boravi od lipnja 2012. u veleposlanstvu Ekvadora u Londonu kako bi izbjegao britansko izručenje Švedskoj koja ga želi ispitati o navodnom seksualnom napadu i silovanju. Švedska inzistira da se ispitivanje obavi u Švedskoj. Assangeovi odvjetnici žele odbacivanje uhidbenog naloga jer se on ne može nametnuti dok je Assange u veleposlanstvu, a švedski tužitelji nisu doputovali u London kako bi ga ispitali. Sud je ustvrdio da se švedski tužitelji nisu potrudili ispitati ga drugim putem. "To nije u skladu s njihovim obvezama", rekao je prizivni sud. Assangea dvije volonterke koje su radile za WikiLeaks 2010. terete za silovanje. Assange je bio priveden u Londonu no pušten je uz jamčevinu, a zatim je zatražio politički azil u ekvadorskom veleposlanstvu. Kada bi napustio veleposlanstvo uhitila bi ga britanska policija.