Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. (File Photo)
London, United Kingdom:
WikiLeaks on Monday accused a "state party" of cutting the internet connection of its founder Julian Assange, claiming the connectivity problem was related to the group's publication of documents related to US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
"Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans," WikiLeaks said on Twitter.
The anti-secrecy website subsequently told AFP it was "aware of the state concerned" but did not name the nation it suspected of cutting Assange's internet connection.
"It relates to our ongoing publications revealing the associations and positions of US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton," a WikiLeaks spokesperson told AFP.
Three of Clinton's paid speeches to Goldman Sachs were released by WikiLeaks on Saturday, followed by the publication of further documents on Monday.
Clinton's campaign did not contest the authenticity of the remarks, part of a huge trove of documents hacked from the emails of campaign chairman John Podesta by WikiLeaks.
The campaign has blamed the Russian government for the hacks, a view shared by the US government, and accused the anti-secrecy website of seeking to help Clinton's Republican rival for the presidency Donald Trump.
Assange has spent more than four years living in Ecuador's embassy in London, to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden over an allegation of rape.
The 45-year-old Australian and his supporters believe the allegation is a guise to have Assange extradited from Stockholm to the US where he could be tried for publishing government secrets.
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