Sweden analyzing Assange evidence
Sweden's prosecution authority will hold off on asking Britain to allow it to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange about a 2010 rape allegation until it has finished analyzing available evidence, the authority said on Wednesday.
Assange is serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for skipping bail after spending seven years in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation made in 2010. Assange denies the rape accusation.
The Swedish Prosecution Authority, which is investigating the allegation, said on its website that it had begun analyzing evidence and it would not take any significant decision about its next steps until that process was complete.
"This means that it is currently not on the cards to issue a European investigation order," Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Eva-Marie Persson said in a statement.
