The founder and leader of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, plans to run for a seat in Australia's upper house of parliament, the anti-secrecy group announced on Twitter yesterday.

维基解密昨日在推特上宣布，该组织创始人和领导者朱利安·阿桑奇打算竞选澳大利亚上议院参议员。

Australian-born Assange, 40, is currently under house arrest in Britain and fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes.

40岁的阿桑奇出生于澳大利亚，目前在英国被拘押，并面临瑞典性骚扰的指控。

‘We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained. Julian has decided to run,’ WikiLeaks tweeted.

维基解密推特上说道：“我们发现即使阿桑奇目前被扣留也还是有机会参与竞选的，阿桑奇也决定试一试。”

The earliest Senate election would not be until late 2013. The group also tweeted that it plans to field a candidate to run against Prime Minister Julia Gillard in her home seat of Lalor in Victoria.

最快的参议院选举将于2013年下半年开始。该组织宣布将派出一位候选人与现任澳大利亚总理茱莉亚·吉拉德在维多利亚州拉洛选区展开选票竞争。

The Swedish warrant stems from Assange's encounters in August 2010 with two women who were then WikiLeaks volunteers. They accuse him of sexual assault. He says they consented.

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