#BUSHRA No torture, death penalty for Snowden if extradited by Russia: US >>>>The United States has reassured Russia that American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden would not face the death penalty and torture if Moscow handed him over. In a letter to Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov this week, US Attorney General Eric Holder said the espionage charges Snowden faces do not carry the death penalty. "I can report that the United States is prepared to provide to the Russian government the following assurances regarding the treatment Mr. Snowden would face upon return to the United States," Holder said. "First, the United States would not seek the death penalty for Mr. Snowden should he return to the United States," he wrote in the letter dated July 23 and released on Friday. "Mr. Snowden will not be tortured. Torture is unlawful in the United States," the letter said. The US National Security Agency leaker, who has been staying at the Moscow airport transit zone since June 23, applied for temporary asylum in Russia last week. Russia has so far refused to extradite Snowden as there is no US-Russia extradition treaty. "Russia has never extradited anyone and never will," said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:12:57 +0000
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