LONDON -- Lawyers for Julian Assange are asking a Swedish court to overturn the outstanding international arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder.
The move by Assange's legal team follows findings announced earlier this month by the United Nations, which backed giving him freedom of movement.
"We consider that there have arisen a number of new circumstances which mean there is reason to review the earlier decision," one of his lawyers, Thomas Olsson, said in a statement about the request to overturn the warrant.
Authorities in Sweden and Britain rejected the findings of the U.N. working group, saying Assange has detained himself by seeking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London after facing allegations of sexual misconduct in Sweden. They insist he will be arrested if he leaves.
Assange, who faces extradition to Sweden for questioning about alleged sex crimes that he denies, has been staying in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 2012.
The Australian has previously expressed concern that if he's sent to Sweden, he will be extradited to the United States.