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SWEDEN: Mwendesha Mashtaka aachana rasmi na uchunguzi uliodumu kwa miaka 7 wa tuhuma za ubakaji dhidi ya muanzilishi wa WikiLeaks.
Bwana Julian Assange amekuwa akijificha ndani ya jengo a Ubalozi wa Ecuador nchini Uingereza tangu mwaka 2012.
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Swedish prosecutors have dropped a seven-year rape investigation into Julian Assange, a legal victory for the WikiLeaks founder who has been holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012.
"Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape by Julian Assange," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
The 45-year-old Australian denies the 2010 allegations which he fears will see him extradited to the United States and tried over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents.
Assange was questioned in November in the presence of a Swedish prosecutor. He has repeatedly reiterated his innocence and said the sex was consensual.
Ny and Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren are set to hold a press conference on the decision.
The investigation has suffered from endless procedural complications since it began in 2010.
The statute of limitations on the rape allegation was due to expire in August 2020.
Source: 9News
Bwana Julian Assange amekuwa akijificha ndani ya jengo a Ubalozi wa Ecuador nchini Uingereza tangu mwaka 2012.
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Swedish prosecutors have dropped a seven-year rape investigation into Julian Assange, a legal victory for the WikiLeaks founder who has been holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012.
"Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape by Julian Assange," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
The 45-year-old Australian denies the 2010 allegations which he fears will see him extradited to the United States and tried over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents.
Assange was questioned in November in the presence of a Swedish prosecutor. He has repeatedly reiterated his innocence and said the sex was consensual.
Ny and Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren are set to hold a press conference on the decision.
The investigation has suffered from endless procedural complications since it began in 2010.
The statute of limitations on the rape allegation was due to expire in August 2020.
Source: 9News
