https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Britain's review of a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges has been moved to June, with his lawyer telling court on Thursday the whistleblower is in poor health. https://www.thelocal.se/20190530/assange-illness-postpones-us-extradition-hearing-until-june Thu, 30 May 2019 18:53:28 +0200 assange-illness-postpones-us-extradition-hearing-until-june A Swedish national linked to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and accused of computer hacking was denied bail by a court in Ecuador on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190530/ecuador-court-denies-bail-to-accused-hacker-linked-to-assange Thu, 30 May 2019 13:01:54 +0200 ecuador-court-denies-bail-to-accused-hacker-linked-to-assange The Local looks at the key points in the case of Julian Assange. https://www.thelocal.se/20141028/timeline-julian-assange Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:09:00 +0100 timeline-julian-assange The parents of a Swedish citizen who was arrested in Ecuador on suspicion of leaking information about the country said on Friday that an Ecuadorean court has ruled that their son should remain behind bars. https://www.thelocal.se/20190503/assanges-swedish-friend-remains-held-in-ecuadorian-jail Fri, 03 May 2019 15:52:19 +0200 assanges-swedish-friend-remains-held-in-ecuadorian-jail Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail by a UK court for skipping bail to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faced rape accusations. https://www.thelocal.se/20190501/wikileaks-founder-jailed-for-evading-swedish-rape-charges Wed, 01 May 2019 15:53:58 +0200 wikileaks-founder-jailed-for-evading-swedish-rape-charges Julian Assange would cooperate with Swedish authorities if they reopen a rape case against him but will continue to resist any bid to extradite him to the United States, his lawyer said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190414/assange-will-cooperate-with-sweden-but-fight-us-warrant-lawyer Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:38:08 +0200 assange-will-cooperate-with-sweden-but-fight-us-warrant-lawyer More than 70 British lawmakers have urged their government to prioritize any extradition bid Sweden might make for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is also wanted in the United States. https://www.thelocal.se/20190413/british-mps-urge-cooperation-with-sweden-in-assange-case Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:14:07 +0200 british-mps-urge-cooperation-with-sweden-in-assange-case Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that his country had "done its duty" by granting asylum in 2012 to Julian Assange, and said he was glad Sweden had closed its rape case against the WikiLeaks founder. https://www.thelocal.se/20170521/ecuador-did-its-duty-by-giving-assange-asylum-correa-says Sun, 21 May 2017 13:42:52 +0200 ecuador-did-its-duty-by-giving-assange-asylum-correa-says The news that the probe into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped after five years has been met with criticism in Sweden, where prosecutors expect scrutiny in the aftermath. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/swedish-prosecutors-brace-for-scrutiny-after-closing-assange-investigation Fri, 19 May 2017 18:30:32 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-brace-for-scrutiny-after-closing-assange-investigation A lawyer representing a woman who claims Julian Assange raped her has expressed anger after Swedish prosecutors on Friday dropped their probe against the WikiLeaks founder. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/assange-accuser-calls-swedish-decision-a-scandal-maintains-accusations-lawyer Fri, 19 May 2017 16:48:44 +0200 assange-accuser-calls-swedish-decision-a-scandal-maintains-accusations-lawyer A UN panel has rejected Britain's request to review a ruling that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being arbitrarily detained, according to a statement released late Wednesday in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.se/20161201/assange-uk-and-sweden-should-set-me-free Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:03:30 +0100 assange-uk-and-sweden-should-set-me-free British police have received a genetic sample from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for Swedish prosecutors to use in their rape investigation against him, an official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20161129/britain-has-assange-dna-sample-for-sweden Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:04:41 +0100 britain-has-assange-dna-sample-for-sweden Ecuador demanded on Thursday that Sweden do not extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States if he gives up his refuge in the country's London embassy. https://www.thelocal.se/20161117/ecuador-wants-sweden-to-promise-not-to-extradite-assange Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:54:03 +0100 ecuador-wants-sweden-to-promise-not-to-extradite-assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's questioning at the Ecuadoran embassy in London over a longstanding rape allegation ended on Tuesday, Swedish prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.se/20161115/assange-questioning-in-london-ends-after-two-days Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:25:35 +0100 assange-questioning-in-london-ends-after-two-days Wikileaks founder Julian Assange finally faced questions on Monday over allegations that he raped a woman in Stockholm in 2010. https://www.thelocal.se/20161114/assange-finally-to-face-swedish-rape-questions Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:44:51 +0100 assange-finally-to-face-swedish-rape-questions Julian Assange will be questioned in person next week over longstanding rape accusations, Sweden's public prosecutor's office announced on Monday, saying an Ecuadorian prosecutor would visit the WikiLeaks founder in the embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20161107/sweden-wants-assange-dna-sample-from-interrogation Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:41:59 +0100 sweden-wants-assange-dna-sample-from-interrogation The Swedish prosecutor's office on Friday said it has rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's request to temporarily suspend an arrest warrant so he could leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London and attend the funeral of mentor Gavin MacFayden. https://www.thelocal.se/20161028/sweden-wont-suspend-assange-arrest-warrant-for-funeral Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:43:36 +0200 sweden-wont-suspend-assange-arrest-warrant-for-funeral The interrogation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on a Swedish rape accusation has been postponed by a month at his request, Ecuadoran prosecutors have said. https://www.thelocal.se/20161013/assange-interrogation-postponed-ecuador-sweden-london Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:34:21 +0200 assange-interrogation-postponed-ecuador-sweden-london Sweden's Svea Court of Appeals has upheld an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation dating back to 2010. https://www.thelocal.se/20160916/swedish-court-upholds-assange-arrest-warrant Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:35:24 +0200 swedish-court-upholds-assange-arrest-warrant WikiLeaks has released medical records claiming its founder Julian Assange's mental health is at risk if he remains in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. https://www.thelocal.se/20160916/embassy-stay-risks-assanges-mental-health Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:10:56 +0200 embassy-stay-risks-assanges-mental-health