A Swedish court has ruled that it will not seek the detention of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in relation to a rape allegation.
Monday's ruling by the Uppsala District Court means Assange will not be extradited, but a preliminary investigation will continue and he could be questioned in Britain.
Last month, the 47-year-old was evicted from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where he had been residing with political asylum since 2012.
He was immediately arrested by UK police on April 11 and is currently serving a 50-week sentence for jumping bail.
Swedish prosecutors later opened an investigation into the rape allegation against Assange, which he denies.
Assange is also fighting extradition to the United States, which accuses him of publishing secret documents.
Last week, Assange was moved to the hospital wing of HMP Belmarsh after a “dramatic” loss of weight and deteriorating health, according to WikiLeaks.
The website said it had “grave concerns” about its founder’s well-being and claimed his condition had declined so much that he can hardly hold a conversation.
Also this month, the Ecuadorian government confirmed officials were searching through Assange's belongings left at its embassy following a request from the United States.
In a statement published online, the Ecuadorian government said the search was to identify and confiscate belongings of Assange that could offer clues to possible criminal activity.
The search was being carried out under the authorisation of a judge and following a request for judicial assistance from the US, the statement said.
Just days later, Assange was charged in the United States with receiving and publishing thousands of classified documents linked to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The US Justice Department has indicted Assange on 18 counts that relate to his "alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States", it said.
He is accused of working with former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in "unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defence", a statement said.
The Justice Department said that by publishing unredacted versions of the leaked files, Assange put "named human sources at a grave and imminent risk".
After a federal grand jury returned the indictment, WikiLeaks swiftly issued a tweet describing the move as "madness".
Last week, Home Secretary Sajid Javid was urged by WikiLeaks to block Assange's extradition to the US in the name of press freedom.
The organisation said Mr Javid was under "enormous pressure to protect the rights of the free press in the UK and elsewhere" after its founder was hit with the raft of new charges by the US Department of Justice
