Swedish Court to Decide on Assange's Appeal Against Arrest Warrant Friday

The Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm will announce its ruling on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against his arrest warrant on Friday, a spokesperson for the court said Monday.

STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) — On Friday, a source told RIA Novosti that the ruling that was expected to be announced on that day would be delayed for the upcoming week.

"The Court of Appeal will announce its decision on the case on September 16," the spokesperson told RIA Novosti.

Assange has been residing at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, out of fear of being extradited to Sweden where he has been accused of sexual assault and rape. He denies the allegations, claiming they are a ruse organized by Washington to further extradite him to the United States to try him for leaking thousands of top-secret military documents and embassy cables detailing Washington's war crimes in Iraq.

In February, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) ruled that Assange's deprivation of liberty by Sweden was unlawful. In the context of the UN ruling, Assange lodged an appeal with a Swedish court, calling on the country to comply with the decision of the WGAD.