Sweden drops case but WikiLeaks’ Assange is not in the clear

By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON  — Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange, almost seven years after it began and five years after the WikiLeaks founder sought refuge inside Ecuador’s London embassy.
Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per E. Samuelson declared Friday that “this is a total victory for Julian Assange. He is now free to leave the embassy when he wants.”
But the picture is more complicated than that.
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