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Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation | Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation |
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Prosecutor says country will not proceed with investigation into WikiLeaks founder | |
Sweden has dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Julian Assange. | |
The deputy chief prosecutor, Eva-Marie Persson, told a news conference: “I want to inform about my decision to discontinue the preliminary investigation.” | |
The decision on Tuesday follows a ruling in June by a Swedish court that Assange, who denies the accusation, should not be detained. | |
Two months earlier, the WikiLeaks founder was evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he had been living since 2012. | |
He was immediately arrested and is serving a 50-week sentence in Belmarsh prison in south-east London for breaching bail conditions. | |
He is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of publishing secret documents. | He is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of publishing secret documents. |