The rape has worn out

The Swedish prosecutor's office closed the criminal case of rape, initiated against the founder of the Wikileaks site Julian Assange, BBC reports . In the Stockholm district court, a request was filed to cancel the warrant for his arrest.

As noted on the website of the supporters of Assange, this became possible due to the decision of the UN working group on issues of detention. In February 2016, this group came to the conclusion that Sweden and Great Britain deprive Assange of the right to freedom.

Meanwhile, the British police, despite the abolition of the Swedish order, will still be forced to arrest Assange if he leaves the Ecuador Embassy. "The court of the London district Westminster issued the arrest warrant of Julian Assange after he refused to appear in court on June 29, 2012. The London police are obliged to fulfill this order if he leaves the embassy," the London police said .

In December 2010, Assange was arrested in the UK . After 10 days, he was released on bail of 240 thousand pounds before considering the issue of extradition.

The courts lasted a year and a half. In May 2012, the UK Supreme Court finally rejected Assange's appeal to a decision on its extradition to Sweden.

In August 2012, the Government of Ecuador provided Assange with political asylum . Since then, he has been hiding at the embassy of this country in London. According to him, he is afraid of possible extradition from Sweden to the United States, where accusations are brought against him in connection with the disclosure of secret documents.

In January, Assange promised to agree to extradition to the United States if President Barack Obama pardoned Chelsea Manning, sentenced in 2010 for 35 years for espionage and theft of secret documents. "If Obama has mercy on manning, Assange will agree to extradition to the United States, contrary to the Ministry of Justice unconstitutional accusations," the WikiLeaks said.

On January 17, Obama reduced the sentence of the former analyst of the intelligence of the US Army Bradley Mannig, who replaced Paul in prison and took the name of Chelsea for almost 30 years. During his last press conference, Obama, as president, said that the mitigation of the sentence was not related to the promises of Assange. He noted that Manning had already served a "serious time" and "justice has happened." On May 17, Manning was released.

However, Assange abandoned extradition in the United States. He stated that the American authorities did not fulfill his requirements completely . “Undoubtedly, Barack Obama did not do what Assange was seeking,” said WikiLeaks representative in the USA Barry Pollak. “Assange said that Chelsea should never be held accountable and sentenced to dozens in prison. She had to be released immediately.”