WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has had his Internet access cut off
by the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been living since 2012
to avoid extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault.
WikiLeaks
has alleged that US Secretary of State John Kerry has been pressuring
Ecuador to shut down Assange's Internet access in order to impede
publication of documents about Hillary Clinton during the US
Presidential campaign.
The move by the Ecuadorean Embassy follows
WikiLeaks' publication on Saturday of hacked emails from Clinton
campaign chairman John Podesta, which contain the transcripts of
speeches made by Clinton at Goldman Sachs events.
WikiLeaks said
in a Tweet: "We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's Internet access
Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs
speeches."
