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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange’s appeal against a Swedish pre-trial detention order was rejected yesterday by the Supreme Court in Stockholm.
It upheld rulings by lower courts which had ordered that Mr Assange be placed on remand should he return to Sweden to face rape allegations made by two women in 2010.
The Australian journalist has denied the allegations and has never been formally charged in Sweden.
Mr Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for three years since being granted political asylum after British courts approved a Swedish extradition request.
The WikiLeaks founder claims that extradition to Sweden would be the first step towards rendering him to the US, where he may face serious charges for publishing hundreds of thousands of secret government documents.
The source of the leaks, US Army soldier Chelsea Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for “aiding the enemy” and other espionage offences.
