WikiLeaks has accused John Kerry and the US Government of asking Ecuador to shut down Julian Assange's internet connection.

The anti-secrety group made the accusation against the Secretary of State in a series of tweets sent on Tuesday morning.

'BREAKING: Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations,' one message read.

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WikiLeaks has accused John Kerry and the US Government of asking Ecuador to shut down Julian Assange's internet connection

'The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally (sic) on Sep 26 in Colombia.'

The accusation is based off the group's claim that Kerry wanted Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing emails that could have hampered peace negotiations in Colombia.

The State Department pushed back on the claims.

'While our concerns about Wikileaks are longstanding, any suggestion that Secretary Kerry or the State Department were involved in shutting down Wikileaks is false,' US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in an email.

'Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period.'

Kerry was in the South American country last month to discuss a potential agreement to end a guerrilla war that has raged for more than a half century.

The continued support of peace talks in parts of South America is reportedly considered one of President Barack Obama's signature achievements in the region.

Wikileaks earlier released a statement confirming Ecuador cut off Assange's internet on Sunday night.

Assange has lived and worked in Ecuador's London embassy since June 2012, having been granted asylum there after a British court ordered him extradited to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual molestation case involving two female WikiLeaks supporters.

The group made the accusations against Kerry in a series of tweets published on Tuesday morning

'We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of (Hillary) Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs (sic),' the statement from WikiLeaks said.

'We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.'

People close to WikiLeaks say that Assange himself is the principal operator of the website's Twitter feed.

The Ecuadoran government offered no immediate comment on the question of internet access, but the country's foreign minister, Guillaume Long, said Assange remained under government protection.

'BREAKING: Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations,' Wikileaks tweeted on Tuesday

'The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally (sic) on Sep 26 in Colombia,' another message read. Kerry is pictured with Colombian deputy Foreign Minister Patti Londono (middle) and US Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker (right) on September 25, 2016

'The circumstances that led to the granting of asylum remain,' Long said in a statement late on Monday.

The government of leftist President Rafael Correa has long backed Assange's right to free speech, though the Wikileaks saga has caused some strain in relations with the United States, including the expulsion of diplomats in 2011.

Correa, whose term will end next year, has said he is behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who he says he knows personally, in the US presidential election.

'For the good of the United States and the world ... I would like Hillary to win,' Correa told broadcaster Russia Today last month.

Over the last two weeks, Democratic Party officials and US government agencies have accused the Russian government, including the country's 'senior-most officials,' of pursuing a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Julian Assange lost his internet connection inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London (pictured) on Sunday night

Assange has lived and worked in Ecuador's London embassy since June 2012, having been granted asylum there after a British court ordered him extradited to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual molestation case involving two female WikiLeaks supporters

WikiLeaks has been one of the most prominent internet outlets to post and promote hacked Democratic Party materials. While denying any connection with a Russian hacking campaign, Assange has refused to disclose WikiLeaks' sources for hacked Democratic Party messages.

Sources close to both the Democratic Party and WikiLeaks say they believe WikiLeaks has acquired as many as 40,000-50,000 emails hacked from the personal accounts of John Podesta, the former White House advisor who now chairs Clinton's presidential campaign.

Despite Assange's complaint that his internet connection was cut, WikiLeaks posted on Monday afternoon what it said was a fresh batch of Podesta's emails.