Wikileaks founder Julian Assange giving a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Sweden on Aug. 14, 2010

This case has been opened and closed and then opened…now a week after the Wikileaks founder makes headlines with another round of incriminating documents.

Sweden’s Supreme Court won’t consider WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal of his arrest warrant on rape charges.

“The Supreme court has reviewed the material and hasn’t found any reasons for granting leave to appeal,” the Stockholm- based court said today in an e-mailed statement. The court only considers cases that may set a precedent or where there are “special circumstances,” from its website.

Interpol put Assange on its wanted list after a Stockholm district court issued a warrant for his arrest on Nov. 18 at the request of prosecutor Marianne Ny, who said she had been unable to question him. The Svea Court of Appeal on Nov. 24 ruled against Assange’s appeal, while saying the rape charge should be reduced to a “less serious” degree. The 39-year-old Australian is also suspected of sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.

The first story : http://deskofbrian.com/2010/08/sweden-report-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-suspected-of-rape-warrant-issued/

Then the charges were withdrawn: http://deskofbrian.com/2010/08/swedish-authorities-withdraw-charges-against-wikileaks-founder/

read more here at Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-02/sweden-high-court-won-t-review-wikileaks-founder-s-appeal-of-rape-warrant.html

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