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The organisation tweeted yesterday that it would make a big announcement about Mr Assange today after a series of conspiracy theories that he was dead flooded the internet.

It said: "We will release a statement tomorrow about Assange.

"Our editor is safe and still in full command despite reduced communications with staff."

The conspiracy theories emerged after the Ecuadorian embassy pulled the plug on his internet access after Wikileaks began publishing thousands of emails from the Hillary Clinton US presidential election campaign team.

But the statement Wikileaks released via Twitter today appears to have failed to have kept them at bay, and it is now running a poll, asking followers how they would like to receive proof he is still alive.

The tweet said: "Thousands keep demanding Assange proof of life. Not unreasonable. He's in a tough spot and is WikiLeaks best known validator. Preference?"