Sweden Drops Probe Of WikiLeaks Founder Assange
[caption id="attachment_20207" align="alignnone" width="800"]Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Founder[/caption]
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Founder[/caption]
Swedish prosecutors said on Friday they would drop a preliminary investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, bringing to an end a seven-year legal stand-off.
“Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny has today decided to discontinue the preliminary investigation regarding suspected rape concerning Julian Assange,” the prosecutors office said in a statement.
Mr. Assange, 45, has lived in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012, after taking refuge there to avoid extradition to Sweden over the allegation of rape, which he denies.
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He fled there after he lost a legal battle in Britain against extradition to Sweden.
