Julian Assange following a court hearing in 2010. Photo: TT<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Many of Assange's supporters have protested against his arrest. Photo: TT <\/p>\n
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). <\/p>\n
February 2011 - A court in south London rules that Assange should be deported to Sweden, something his lawyers appeal against the following month. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Julian Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for two years. Photo: TT <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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