Julian Assange asks Swedish court to overturn arrest warrant

February 23, 2016 - 6:52AM
Daniel Dickson

Stockholm: Lawyers for Julian Assange​ have asked a Swedish court to overturn an arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder following a ruling by a UN panel ...

"We consider that there have arisen a number of new circumstances which mean there is reason to review the earlier decision," Thomas Olsson, one of Mr Assange's lawyers, said on Monday ...

Both Britain and Sweden denied that Mr Assange was being deprived of freedom and the Swedish prosecutor in charge of the case has said she will renew an application to interview Mr Assange.

Sweden's chief prosecutor, Marianne Ny, said the UN panel's non-binding ruling had no impact on the case ...

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