Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren arrived at the Ecuadoran embassy in London Monday, an AFP correspondent said, for the questioning of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the latest twist in a long diplomatic and legal dispute.
Swedish prosecutor arrives for WikiLeaks founder's questioning
Isgren will be present while Assange, is questioned by an Ecuadoran prosecutor over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden
Protesters hold banners that read "Free Assange" outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on November 14, 2016
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Isgren will be present while Assange, who has been holed up at the embassy since 2012, is questioned by an Ecuadoran prosecutor over a 2010 rape allegation in Sweden that the activist has repeatedly denied.
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