<p><br /> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted bail at the High Court in London.<br /> </p><p><br /> An appeal against a decision to release Assange on conditional bail earlier this week was rejected.<br /> </p><p><br /> The 39-year-old is wanted in Sweden for alleged sex offences.<br /> </p><p><br /> Mr Assange was present in the dock for the ruling in the courtroom which was packed with journalists.<br /> </p><p><br /> Standing in the driving rain outside the High Court a small group of Assange's supporters shrieked with delight at news of the ruling.<br /> </p><p><br /> They shouted: "Exposing war crimes is no crime."<br /> </p><p><br /> Assange's mother Christine was also in court. She arrived flanked by plain-clothes bodyguards and police officers but did not comment.<br /> </p><p><br /> Assange has been held in solitary confinement, only released from his cell at Wandsworth Prison for one hour a day and his mail has been heavily censored, according to his supporters.<br /> </p>
