Swedish prosecutors issued the arrest warrant because they want to question Assange about the rape allegation, which he denies. The other is that the prosecution has made no effort to question Julian Assange after all this time," Olsson said. Julian AssangeWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. It said the arrest warrant against him needed to be maintained because "there is still a risk that he will abscond or evade justice". Photo: AP Photo/Frank AugsteinAFP · 10 Aug 2016, 15:12Published: 10 Aug 2016 15:12 GMT+02:00WikiLeaks 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 has said.

Source: The Local August 10, 2016 13:18 UTC