WikiLeaks founder has his case before the highest British court

The founder of the website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has one more chance to avoid his extradition to Sweden, country that being sought for alleged sexual offences, to receive permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

The Superior Court from London yesterday gave green light to make the case of Assange is brought before the highest British court will, however, have to decide first if admitted pending an appeal against the delivery of the computer to Sweden.

The Swedish prosecutor accuses WikiLeaks founder of three offences of sexual assault and one of rape after the denunciation of two women in Sweden, who claimed that the incident occurred in August 2010.

Two judges of the Superior Court considered yesterday that Assange is "public importance" and should reach the Supreme.

Out of the audience, WikiLeaks founder considered the "correct" decision and was "grateful".

"The" u000a"long struggle to make justice with me and others continues," said Assange, who recalled that the British Parliament examines the problems posed by certain European arrest warrants issued in cases such as yours.

If the highest court accepted his appeal, it must be served "as soon as possible", responded yesterday the judges.

Computer scientist, who on Wednesday will have served a year of his arrest in London, went personally yesterday to the High Court for permission to take him to the Supreme.

The Australian, 40-year-old journalist has left few steps Court to prevent the extradition, since, in the event that the Supreme Court authorized their dedication to Sweden, you will have as a last resort the European Court of human rights.

Last November, two judges of the High Court rejected the appeal that Assange had been submitted against the decision taken in February by a lower court u000athat was delivered to Sweden.

The creator of WikiLeaks, arrested in London on December 7, 2010, has been months living in a mansion in the countryside in the East of England as part of their conditions of liberty conditional.

With the opinion of last November, the High Court rejected the appeal of Assange against the decision of judge Howard Riddle of the Court of Belmarsh (London South), which had been authorized in December 2010 issue to Sweden.

Defense of Assange alleges that delivery would be "unjust and illegitimate" and considers that the euroorden made by the Swedish prosecutor's Office, which gave reason for his arrest last year, is inappropriate and "very restrictive" not studying evidence in his case, so it makes his extradition is virtually automatic.

The lawyer Mark Summers, on behalf of Assange, reiterated yesterday that "the prosecutors, under no circumstances, should be allowed issuing European arrest warrants", u000awhose emissions would correspond to a magistrate.

However, the judges of the Superior Court considered that, seen from the point of view of the law, the Prosecutor has the power to issue an arrest warrant.

According to the charges, Assange practiced sex with one of the women without condoms against the "express request" of it. The other woman accuses him of having had sexual intercourse with her without condom and while sleeping.

WikiLeaks has revealed months thousands of secrets of the embassies of America, the cables published in several newspapers, which caused the reaction of the Government of that country and also many others that were committed by the content of the documents.

The portal also announced in October that left disclose secret officers due to lack of funding, although last week he published the files "Spyfiles" on enterprises of espionage.

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