Details of Sweden's case against WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
Sexual assault allegations in Sweden against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are feeding conspiracy theories and claims that he's being framed. What are the known facts?
An artist impression by courts artist Elizabeth Cook of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Tuesday, Dec. 7, where he was denied bail after appearing on an extradition warrant from Sweden.
Elizabeth Cook/AP Photo
(The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Julian Assange is facing extradition to Sweden over charges of sexual assault. He is in fact wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault and no formal charges have been made.)
The media drama surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has taken a much darker turn.
Following WikiLeak's release of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables to media outlets around the world, he's detained in the UK awaiting deportation to Sweden on allegations he sexually assaulted two women there in August.
His lawyer is warning that Assange has distributed the digital equivalent of a "thermonuclear device" in case something happens to him, and his defenders insist that the allegations are fabricated in an attempt to get him to Sweden – perhaps, they hint, because the country has a strong extradition treaty with the US.
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