Snowden’s statement
"For decades the United States of America has been
one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum," he said.
"Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the US in article 14 of the universal
declaration of human rights, is now being rejected by the current government of
my country…
“Although I am convicted of nothing, [the US]
has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without
any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic
right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum…
"In the end, the Obama administration is not
afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are
stateless, imprisoned or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of
you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional
government it was promised – and it should be. I am unbowed in my convictions
and impressed at the efforts taken by so many."
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