Swedish prosecutor preparing new application to interview Assange


  • World
  • Tuesday, 09 Feb 2016

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish prosecutor heading a preliminary investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange over an allegation of rape said she was preparing a new application to interview the Wikileaks founder in Ecuador's embassy in London.

Last week a United Nations panel report said Assange's period at the embassy amounted to arbitrary detention.

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