Russia’s one-year permit for the whistleblower and former US intelligence analyst to stay in the country is now reported to have expired without confirmation that it will be extended. “Edward Snowden is cornered in a legal limbo, without a passport or asylum protection from any government,” said Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Deputy Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty International. States should fully consider any asylum application from Edward Snowden, taking into account the massive human rights violations that he exposed, and noting the US government’s repressive actions against him. “We call on all governments not to block him from travelling in order to seek protection. By interfering in his ability to do so, they are effectively complicit with the USA in his unjustified and repressive punishment,” said Sherif Elsayed-Ali.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 12:13:13 +0000
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