Alwaght- Ecuador Embassy in Britain cut off the internet access of the WikiLeaks founder soon after his group released texts of speeches by the US democrat presidential candidate.
The WikiLeaks group says they have activated their “appropriate contingency plans” in response to the move by Ecuador government that they blame on the US and British pressures.
Julian Assange was granted political asylum in by the Ecuadorian government in 2012 after Washington and London tried to put him on trial for leaking sensitive material. He has been living in Ecuador’s embassy in London since then.
WikiLeaks recently released another batch of emails from the campaign manager of the US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The site also carried out its long awaited promise of releasing Hillary Clinton’s speeches in Goldman Sachs that her campaign team had long refused to release.
The transcripts show how she bantered with the investment bank’s executives, which is likely to fuel fears among liberal Democrats that she is too cozy with Wall Street.
The Clinton camp has neither confirmed nor denied the leaked emails. There have been no indications they are fake.
WikiLeaks did not immediately release more information about the incident that attracted a storm of comments and speculation on social media from across the world.
A source in the Ecuadorian government told the Press Association: “We don’t respond to speculation circulating on Twitter. Ecuador will continue to protect Julian Assange and uphold the political asylum granted to him in 2012.”
