Sweden issues request for detention order against Julian Assange

Swedish authorities have issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, according to a Swedish prosecutor said.

Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says if the Swedish court decided to detain Mr. Assange “on probable cause suspected for rape … I will issue a European Arrest Warrant.”

The development sets up a possible future tug-of-war between Sweden and the United States over any extradition of Mr. Assange from Britain, reports the Hindu from Chennia..

Mr. Assange was evicted last month from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he…