In London, a two -day hearings are opened in the Assange Extence in Sweden

Two -day hearings on extradition at the request of Sweden of the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange are opening today in the Belmarsh Magistracy Court of the British capital.

The Swedish authorities seek the issuance of a 39-year-old Australian to conduct interrogations in connection with suspicions of the commission of a sexual nature in the Scandinavian country last year.

The founder of the scandalous site of "leaks" does not find guilty and appeals extradition, stating that the charges have a political background.

According to the documentation submitted by the defense of Assange on the eve of the meeting, his lawyers on the process will declare that the issuance is unfounded, since he is not charged with a crime, and an extradition request cannot be based only on suspicion, ITAR-TASS reports.

In addition, they will insist that there are mistakes in the position and work of the prosecution. Another argument of the defense will be that the movement of Assange to Sweden can lead to his "extradition and/or illegal transfer to the United States", where, in their opinion, he can please the specialist on Guantanamo or even receive a death sentence.

Sweden denies that its actions are associated with any pressure from the United States. According to Swedish lawyers, Assange will be protected from moving to the United States in accordance with the strict norms of European legislation, which prescribes that suspects cannot be issued to countries where they are threatened with the death penalty.

In addition, in the case of the issuance of Assange from the UK, Sweden will have to receive the approval of London in case of receiving a request for the issuance of the founder of Wikileaks in the United States.

Representatives of Sweden have not yet revealed their legal arguments in favor of extradition.

The Assange, who received world fame after the WikiLeaks resource published hundreds of thousands of documents on military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as confidential correspondence of the Central Apparatus of the US State Department and American diplomatic mission, was arrested in London on December 7, issued by the Sweden prosecutor’s office, and placed in prison. On December 16, he was released on bail.

Since then, he has been living, in fact, under house arrest in the country's country house, businessman Vaughn Smith east of London. During this time, he managed to give a lot of interviews and conclude a contract to write a book of memoirs.

As noted in London, the lawsuit regarding the further fate of Assange is far from the end.

On Tuesday, February 8, the hearings will have to end, but Judge Howard Riddle will probably think for several weeks. In any case, then an appeal can be submitted.

Earlier, Assange did not exclude that in case of release could move to Switzerland or Australia.