Copyrighted Image? DMCA | On Wednesday, lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange asked that the Swedish government's call "for the detention of Julian Assange to be lifted, effective immediately." In Stockholm District Court, they argued that the order, which was issued in 2010, restricts Assange's civil rights and cannot be enforced while he is at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. The judge denied the request. In her ruling, she explained that "there is still probable cause concerning the suspicions directed towards [Assange] (unlawful coercion, sexual molestation and rape, less serious incident) and that there is still a risk that he will fail to appear or in some other way avoid participation in the investigation and the following proceedings." |