"Julian Assange has requested that the Swedish prosecutor should grant him leave from the detention order and the European arrest warrant in order to go to a funeral," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
"Džūljens Asanžs lūdzis Zviedrijas prokuratūru piešķirt viņam atbrīvojumu no aizturēšanas ordera un Eiropas aresta ordera, lai varētu apmeklēt bēres," paziņojusi Zviedrijas prokuratūra.