Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is held in a high-security prison in London, after being arrested by British police in April this year. Ecuador's embassy, where he fled after the 2010 rape charges, had withdrawn his political asylum and invited the police to arrest Assange. Since Assange was arrested in May, Swedish prosecutors decided to resume the rape investigation that was closed in 2017.
SVT News reported in September this year that seven new witness hearings were held during the summer, of which two witnesses had not been heard before. Since then, the material has been analyzed and now it is time for Deputy Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson to decide whether the case should be closed again or if the investigation is progressing. If the Prosecutor considers Assange to be heard, she will issue a European arrest warrant.
"In that case, I write to the British and apply to have a hearing," said Eva-Marie Persson, then in a press release.
Now it's time to get notified. Persson will hold a press conference at 2pm on Tuesday.