<p>The High Court in London ruled in his favour observing that Assange's case raised a question "of general public importance" which should be decided by the highest court in the land "as quickly as possible".<br /><br />Swedish authorities want to question the Australian founder of the whistle-blowing website over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers during a visit there in August 2010.<br /><br />40-year-old Assange, who has been living in Britain since his arrest here in December last year, denies wrongdoing.<br /><br />Assange claims the allegations are politically motivated and linked to the activities of his anti-secrecy website, which angered the United States by publishing thousands of classified documents last year.<br /><br />Had today's decision gone against him, Assange would have faced extradition within 10 days.<br /><br />He had spent nine days in London's Wandsworth prison after his arrest last year. He was freed a week before Christmas on bail and has since been living at the country house of a wealthy supporter in eastern England.<br /><br />Last year, WikiLeaks posted 391,832 secret papers on the Iraq war and 77,000 classified Pentagon documents on the Afghan conflict.<br /><br />It has also made available about 250,000 individual cables, daily traffic between the State Department and more than 270 American diplomatic outposts around the world.</p>
<p>The High Court in London ruled in his favour observing that Assange's case raised a question "of general public importance" which should be decided by the highest court in the land "as quickly as possible".<br /><br />Swedish authorities want to question the Australian founder of the whistle-blowing website over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers during a visit there in August 2010.<br /><br />40-year-old Assange, who has been living in Britain since his arrest here in December last year, denies wrongdoing.<br /><br />Assange claims the allegations are politically motivated and linked to the activities of his anti-secrecy website, which angered the United States by publishing thousands of classified documents last year.<br /><br />Had today's decision gone against him, Assange would have faced extradition within 10 days.<br /><br />He had spent nine days in London's Wandsworth prison after his arrest last year. He was freed a week before Christmas on bail and has since been living at the country house of a wealthy supporter in eastern England.<br /><br />Last year, WikiLeaks posted 391,832 secret papers on the Iraq war and 77,000 classified Pentagon documents on the Afghan conflict.<br /><br />It has also made available about 250,000 individual cables, daily traffic between the State Department and more than 270 American diplomatic outposts around the world.</p>