The founder¹ of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been granted bail² in London on conditions including cash guarantees of £240,000.

维基泄密的创始人朱利安·阿桑杰在伦敦被准许保释，保释金高达24万英镑。

But he will remain in prison pending³ an appeal against（提出上诉） the bail decision lodged⁴ by Swedish prosecutors⁵.

Mr Assange is fighting extradition⁶（引渡） to Sweden, where he is accused of sexually assaulting two women earlier this year.

He denies the charges, which he says are politically motivated and designed to discredit⁷（使丢脸） him.

His lawyer Mark Stephens said the case was turning into a "show trial".

A large crowd including demonstrators, reporters and a number of Mr Assange's high-profile supporters gathered outside City of Westminster Magistrates⁸' Court for the bail hearing on Tuesday.

Journalists inside the court were given permission by the judge to report on proceedings⁹ live via micro-blogging website Twitter.

Mr Assange was granted bail on condition he provides a security of £200,000 to the court, with a further £40,000 guaranteed in two sureties of £20,000 each.

Mr Stephens said almost half the bail money had been raised and he was confident they would have all the cash before the appeal hearing.

Mr Assange must also surrender his passport, obey a curfew（宵禁） at an address in Suffolk, wear an electronic tag and report to a local police station every evening.

Mr Stephens said the High Court would hear the challenge to the bail decision within the next 48 hours.

Speaking outside court, he said: "The Swedes won't abide¹⁰ by the umpire's decision. They want to put Mr Assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles¹¹.

"They clearly will not spare any expense but to keep Mr Assange in jail."