Assange stays behind bars

Posted Dec 14, 2010 03:32:31 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Britain’s High Court is going to hear a Swedish appeal of a British judge’s decision to grant bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Assange’s lawyers say that means it will take at least another 48 hours before he can be freed from a London jail.

Assange is wanted on a Swedish arrest warrant in a sex-crimes investigation and plans to fight extradition.

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