An appeals court in Stockholm will decide on Friday whether to rescind the Wikileaks founder’s detention order

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A Swedish appeals court announced on Monday that it would rule at the end of the week whether to rescind the detention order against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

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Later in the day the prosecutor’s office in Ecuador said Assange would be questioned next month at Ecuador’s London embassy, where Assange remains after seeking shelter four years ago.

Assange is wanted by Swedish prosecutors in a rape investigation that stems from his visit to the country in 2010. He denies the allegations and has asked Swedish courts to repeal the detention order with which prosecutors sought his extradition from Britain.

A lower court dismissed his request in May. The Svea appeals court announced that it will issue its ruling on Assange’s appeal on Friday.

In Ecuador’s capital, the prosecutor’s office issued a statement saying an Ecuadorean prosecutor, Wilson Toainga, will question Assange at the embassy on 17 October on behalf of Swedish prosecutors. He will interrogate Assange based on questions submitted by Swedish prosecutors and will seek to take “body fluid samples”, which under Ecuadorean law can only take place with Assange’s consent.

The statement said two Swedish officials would be present during the questioning.