A UK judge has expressed concern over the health of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuador embassy in london since he sought asylum there over five years ago.
Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot, the judge who is currently also presiding over the extradition trial of liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya - the next hearing date for which remains uncertain, reserved her judgement in the Assange case after a hearing on Friday.
The hearing involved a plea by Assange’s lawyers to cancel a pending arrest warrant against the campaigner.
They argued that the only thing stopping the 46-year-old from leaving the building is a threat that he will be arrested by the Scotland Yard for breaching bail conditions.
As proceedings in Sweden over rape allegations have now been dropped, they believe the British arrest warrant has lost its purpose.