The case is key to Assange's efforts to fight an extradition request by the US Justice Department which is pushing to have him put on trial for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents in 2010.
The decision likely ends the threat of extradition to Sweden for the whistleblower, who is wanted by the US on espionage charges and is currently being held at a British high-security prison.
His statement came after Assange's health had continued to deteriorate since his arrest, stressing that 'his life was now at risk.'
The 47-year-old Assange faces an 18-count indictment issued by the US Justices Department last month.
In 2010, WikiLeaks dumped thousands of confidential documents covering everything from the film industry to national security and war.
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