Summary "Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party", WikiLeaks said.
LONDON: (AFP) - 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.
