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 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 Swedish 'friend of Julian Assange' who was arrested in Ecuador last month is "not feeling good psychologically" and has applied to be released on bail, his father has told Sweden's state broadcaster SVT. https://www.thelocal.se/20190511/swedish-coder-arrested-in-ecuador-has-applied-for-bail-father Sat, 11 May 2019 15:59:20 +0200 swedish-coder-arrested-in-ecuador-has-applied-for-bail-father 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 become a citizen of Ecuador more than five years after moving into its London embassy to escape arrest over a Swedish rape investigation that he claims is linked to his whistle-blowing activities. https://www.thelocal.se/20180112/assange-becomes-ecuadorian-citizen-five-years-after-fleeing-sweden-probe Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:01:48 +0100 assange-becomes-ecuadorian-citizen-five-years-after-fleeing-sweden-probe Ecuador's new President Lenin Moreno has criticized Julian Assange as a "hacker" but stressed his country would continue providing asylum to the WikiLeaks founder fleeing international arrest. https://www.thelocal.se/20170530/new-ecuador-leader-says-assange-can-stay-at-embassy Tue, 30 May 2017 09:36:20 +0200 new-ecuador-leader-says-assange-can-stay-at-embassy Ecuador's new president Lenin Moreno has warned Julian Assange not to interfere in the politics of the South American country, whose embassy the WikiLeaks founder has lived in for the past five years. https://www.thelocal.se/20170526/ecuadors-new-president-warns-assange-not-to-interfere-in-politics Fri, 26 May 2017 10:24:37 +0200 ecuadors-new-president-warns-assange-not-to-interfere-in-politics 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 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 Swedish prosecutors investigating rape accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must decide on Friday if they will lift a Europe-wide arrest warrant against him in a seven-year-old case. https://www.thelocal.se/20170519/swedish-prosecutors-to-decide-on-lifting-assange-warrant Fri, 19 May 2017 10:08:11 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-to-decide-on-lifting-assange-warrant Ecuador has criticised Sweden for a “serious lack of progress” in the Julian Assange case. https://www.thelocal.se/20170515/ecuador-slams-sweden-over-serious-lack-of-progress-in-assange-case Mon, 15 May 2017 09:28:46 +0200 ecuador-slams-sweden-over-serious-lack-of-progress-in-assange-case Swedish prosecutors have received a translation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's interrogation four months after he was questioned on a rape allegation. https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/julian-assange-report-translated-for-swedish-prosecutors Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:35:58 +0100 julian-assange-report-translated-for-swedish-prosecutors WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has published the answers he gave to an Ecuadoran prosecutor during questioning at the country's embassy in London in November over a longstanding Swedish rape allegation. https://www.thelocal.se/20161207/assange-publishes-statement-given-to-prosecutor-on-rape-allegation Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:42:27 +0100 assange-publishes-statement-given-to-prosecutor-on-rape-allegation 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 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