Swedish prosecutors have decided to reopen a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson informed this during a press conference in Stockholm today.<br />''<br />''Swedish prosecutors had filed preliminary charges against Assange after he visited the country in 2010. Seven years later, a case of alleged sexual misconduct was dropped when the statute of limitations expired. However, a rape allegation, couldn't be pursued as Assange was living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.<br />''<br />''The reopening of a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will give him a chance to clear his name, the whistleblower website's editor said today.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In a statement by the website, it is also said that there had been political pressure on Sweden to reopen the case against Assange, who is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for breaching his bail conditions in 2012.</span>