London - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has slammed the arrest warrant system of Europe following the decision of a judge in London announced his verdict that he should be handed over to Sweden government to face charges of sex assault on two women.
Julian Assange, the 39-year-old Australian, is charged with sexual abusing one woman and raping another during a week-long visit to Stockholm in August last year.
Talking to media outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south-east London after the ruling, he said he had "always known" he would have to submit the petition against the decision.
Julian Assange plans to appeal his extradition to Sweden in the High Court using arguments that failed to convince the magistrate who ordered his extradition.
His defence team will challenge chief magistrate Howard Riddle's decision on the basis that Assange will not get a fair trial due to adverse media coverage in Sweden and other points already put before the courts, his lawyer Mark Stephens said on Thursday.
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