It was begun in 2010 but dropped in 2017 after Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. “I request the District Court to detain Assange in his absence, on probable cause suspected for rape,” Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson said in a statement on Monday. Assange, an Australian national, took refuge in the embassy after fighting unsuccessfully through the British courts to avoid extradition to Sweden. Citing information from UK authorities, she said Assange would serve 25 weeks of his UK sentence before he could be released. A British judge has given the US government a deadline of June 12 to outline its case against Assange.

Source: bd News24 May 20, 2019 07:52 UTC