Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denied claims the CIA has taken over his organisation.

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The Wikileaks founder was forced correct another conspiracy theory after it was previously falsely claimed he may have died or disappeared.

His denial came as it emerged he has given a DNA sample to British police which may now be sent to Sweden for to help with an investigation into claims he raped a woman there in 2010.

Conspiracy theories that Assange was "missing or worse" and later that the CIA had hacked into the Twitter feed emerged after WikiLeaks tweeted some apparently cryptic insurance files and SHA-256 hashes, at the same time as Assange went quiet after the Ecuadorian embassy cut of his internet access.

Claims Assange had died deepened when, on November 24, Wikileaks tweeted that they could not prove Julian Assange was alive, despite previously running a poll asking for the best way to do this.

The tweet said the only person who could prove he was still alive was the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa.

It said: “Please stop asking us for ‘proof of life’. We do not control Assange’s physical environment or internet connection. @MashiRafael does.”

Assange has since taken part in a one hour live audio interview, during the Free Connected Minds conference, which took place in Beirut at the Phoenicia Hotel.