The founder of Wikileaks , Julian Assange, was arrested Tuesday by British police under the arrest warrant of arrest issued against him by the Swedish authorities in connection with charges of sexual abuse and rape alleged in this Nordic country . "Julian Assange has been arrested under a European arrest warrant after appearing in a London police station at 9:30 am, an hour in Spain, has informed the Metropolitan Police in a statement. His arrest occurred "at the request of the Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape."The founder of Wikileaks appear "before the Court of Magistrates of the City of Westminster today," says the police statement.

Which recalls that Assange is "accused by the Swedish authorities of a crime of" coercion, two counts of sexual harassment and one count of rape, which allegedly committed in August 2010. " Last night, the Australian lawyer in the UK, Mark Stephens, had stated that his client was willing to meet with British police in order to respond to questions after the arrival in London of the arrest warrant from Sweden. "Julian Assange has not been charged with anything," said Stephens told the BBC, adding that the intention of the founder of Wikileaks was "facilitating" the security forces the information they need.