COPENHAGEN - Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said. Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says if the Swedish court decided to detain Assange “on probable cause suspected for rape ... While a case of alleged sexual misconduct against Assange in Sweden was dropped in 2017 when the statute of limitations expired, a rape allegation remains. The statute of limitations in the rape case expires in August next year. Assange faces a maximum of four years in prison in Sweden if he is convicted of the rape.

Source: thestar May 20, 2019 07:41 UTC