Edward Snowden, the man who revealed the extent of the US government's massive surveillance efforts and who is now allegedly stuck in Russia, has reportedly sent his first two statements independent of any press organization. In one, hosted at Wikileaks, he claims the US government is violating his human rights by pressuring other governments to deny his petitions for asylum and by rejecting his US passport, leaving him "a stateless person." In the other, hosted by The Guardian , he thanks Ecuador for helping to protect his right to seek asylum.
Snowden invokes Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a United Nations document ratified by the United States, which reads that "everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/1/4484798/snowden-claims-obama-administration-violated-his-human-rights
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