Assange expected to appear in UK court

PanARMENIAN.Net - Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is expected to appear in a UK court after his lawyers said he would meet police to discuss a European arrest warrant from Sweden relating to alleged sexual assaults.

Assange is seeking supporters to put up surety and bail for him. He said he expected to have to post bail of between £100,000 and £200,000 and would require up to six people offering surety, or risked being held on remand.

In recent days, Assange, 39, has told friends he is increasingly convinced the U.S. is behind Swedish prosecutors' attempts to extradite him for questioning on the assault allegations.

This weekend Assange said he was exhausted by the effort of running his defense against the allegations in Sweden and the release of the U.S. embassy cables at the same time, as well as running WikiLeaks itself, which has split since some supporters became disaffected over Assange's handling of the Afghanistan war logs. Once he turns himself in to the police, he will have to appear before a magistrates' court within 24 hours, where he will seek release on bail. A full hearing of his extradition case would have to be heard within 28 days, The Guardian reported.