Timeline: Julian Assange sex allegations

Julian Assange following a court hearing in 2010. Photo: TT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden where he is facing sex assault allegations. The Local looks at the key points in his case.

August 2010 - Julian Assange is in Sweden and reportedly has sex with two different women. - The Swedish Prosecutor's Office issues an arrest warrant for him following two separate allegations (one of rape and the other of molestation). - Assange denies the allegations against him.

November 2010 - Stockholm District Court approves a request to detain Assange for questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion. - Assange is not present at the questioning and Swedish police issue an international arrest warrant via Interpol.

Many of Assange's supporters have protested against his arrest. Photo: TT

December 2010 - Assange gives himself up to London police and is taken to an extradition hearing. - He is put in custody pending another hearing and latergranted bail but prosecutors appeal and he is sent back to jail until a higher court can consider the issue. - He is later granted bail and his supporters pay to have him freed for 240,000 (2,853,092 million kronor).

February 2011 - A court in south London rules that Assange should be deported to Sweden, something his lawyers appeal against the following month.

June 2012 - After the Supreme Court in London rules that Assange should be deported to Sweden to face questioning, Assange is granted political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Julian Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for two years. Photo: TT

July 2014 - Assange asks Stockholm District Court to reconsider his arrest warrant. The court says the warrant should stay in place, but Assange appeals the decision.

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