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US investigators to be handed Julian Assange's belongings from Ecuadorean embassy, Wikileaks say

Swedish prosecutor probing Julian Assange rape claim files warrant for his arrest as US investigators fly to London to view his belongings left in Ecuadorean embassy

• The WikiLeaks founder was arrested dragged from the embassy on April 10
• Swedish prosecutors have filed request for his arrest over rape allegation 
• If warrant is granted it would be first step in extradition process to Sweden
• Comes as Wikileaks said US officials are 'illegally seizing' his property 
• Among the belongings are believed to be two of Assange's manuscripts  
• Assange is serving a 50-week prison sentence for bail violations, he faces an extradition request from the US next month

By Milly Vincent For Mailonline and Pa

Published: 00:54 BST, 20 May 2019 | Updated: 08:28 BST, 20 May 2019

Swedish prosecutors have today filed a warrant for the arrest of Julian Assange which could spark an extradition process.

Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in the UK for skipping bail but if the warrant is granted it would launch proceedings to bring him to Sweden.

Sweden reopened an investigation into the rape allegation, first made in 2010, earlier this month. 

It comes as United States officials have been given the green light to 'help themselves' to the belongings of Julian Assange left behind in the Ecuadorian embassy in London after his arrest last month. 

According to WikiLeaks, Ecuadorian officials are today travelling to London to allow US prosecutors to 'help themselves' to items including legal papers, medical records and electronic equipment.

Swedish prosecutors have filed a warrant for the arrest of Julian Assange which could spark an extradition process from the UK if granted. The Wikileaks founder is pictured being dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in handcuffs by police in April

Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates' Court yesterday

In Sweden, deputy director of public prosecution Eva-Marie Persson asked Uppsala District Court to detain Assange in his absence. 

She said: 'I request the District Court to detain Assange in his absence, on probable cause suspected for rape.

'If the court decides to detain him, I will issue a European Arrest Warrant concerning surrender to Sweden'.

Assange is also facing extradition proceedings by the United States.

Ms Persson added: 'In the event of a conflict between a European Arrest Warrant and a request for extradition from the US, UK authorities will decide on the order of priority.

'The outcome of this process is impossible to predict. However, in my view the Swedish case can proceed concurrently with the proceedings in the UK.'

WikiLeaks said United Nations officials and Assange's lawyers were not being allowed to be present.

Lawyers said it was an illegal seizure of property, which has been requested by the US authorities.

The material is said to include two of Assange's manuscripts.

The WikiLeaks founder was arrested and dragged from the embassy by eight policemen to a waiting police van on April 10, as he ranted about Donald Trump and screamed 'the UK has no civility'.  

The news of the 'illegal seizure' of Assange's personal property was reported by Wikileaks last night.

A handcuffed Assange is pictured in a van with police officers as he makes his way to Westminster Magistrates Court in London ahead of his hearing in April

Wikileaks tweeted: 'Ecuador has been sequestering Assange's belongings since his arrest. Now we know why: To hand them over to the US in violation of international law. 

'Ecuador's vile behaviour is not new as they have been sending information on Assange to the US for months.' 

Assange is serving a 50-week prison sentence for bail violations, he faces an extradition request from the US next month.

Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor in chief of WikiLeaks said: 'On Monday Ecuador will perform a puppet show at the Embassy of Ecuador in London for their masters in Washington, just in time to expand their extradition case before the UK deadline on 14 June.

The court heard how Assange resisted arrest and tried to barge past officers in an attempt to return to his private room within the embassy when they introduced themselves at about 10am, telling them: 'This is unlawful'

A judge described Assange's defence that he could never expect a fair trial in the UK as 'laughable', calling his behaviour that of a 'narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests' as the court heard he tried to fight off arresting officers

'The Trump administration is inducing its allies to behave like it's the Wild West.'

Baltasar Garzon, international legal coordinator for the defence of Assange and WikiLeaks, said: 'It is extremely worrying that Ecuador has proceeded with the search and seizure of property, documents, information and other material belonging to the defence of Julian Assange, which Ecuador arbitrarily confiscated, so that these can be handed over to the the agent of political persecution against him, the United States.

'It is an unprecedented attack on the rights of the defence, freedom of expression and access to information exposing massive human rights abuses and corruption. 

'We call on international protection institutions to intervene to put a stop to this persecution.'

The US Department of Justice, releasing this indictment form, said Julian Assange had been arrested over an alleged conspiracy with Chelsea Manning 'to break a password to a classified US government computer'

 

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