Swedish prosecutors issued the arrest warrant because they want to question Assange about the rape allegation, which he denies. WorldSTOCKHOLM, AFP -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed a Stockholm district court's decision to maintain a European arrest warrant against him over a 2010 rape allegation, his lawyer said on Wednesday. It said the arrest warrant against him needed to be maintained because “there is still a risk that he will abscond or evade justice”. The other is that the prosecution has made no effort to question Julian Assange after all this time,” Olsson said. His lawyers have said that was why Assange refuses to travel to Sweden to be questioned by prosecutors.

Source: Sunday Times August 10, 2016 13:18 UTC