The Swedish authorities today requested the issuance of an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who is in prison in Great Britain, the Swedish prosecutor's office announced.
Prosecutor Eva-Marie Person said the Swedish court has decided to request Assange's arrest on suspicion of rape and will issue a European arrest warrant.
That decision opens up the possibility of disputes between Sweden and the US over the eventual extradition of Assange from Great Britain.
Person said that British authorities will decide on a possible conflict between the European arrest warrant and the US request for Assange's extradition.
On April 11, Assange was kicked out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he took refuge in 2012, and was immediately arrested by the British police.
He is now serving a 50-week prison sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012.
The Australian who published thousands of confidential documents via WikiLeaks is also threatened with extradition to the US, who are looking for him for conspiring to break into the Pentagon's computer with confidential information.
On May 13, the Swedish prosecutor's office reopened an investigation into the rape allegations against Assange.
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