On Wednesday, the American Union Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others will launch a campaign in support of Edward Snowden asking US President Barack Obama to pardon him.
Snowden, after the seizures that caused seismic vibrations across the online community, has been living in Russia since June of 2013, where he was granted temporary asylum. Since then, Snowden has renewed his residence permit in Russia every year.
So it appears the famous whistleblower is seeking to gain permanent asylum elsewhere, while simultaneously trying to stay away from the government and secret services. services of the USA. If he returns to his country, he will face charges of espionage and will be judged.
Surprisingly – or maybe not – the pro-Snowden campaign is set to begin two days before the official premiere of the film "Snowden" by Oliver Stone.
According to Snowden's attorney and ACLU member Ben Wizner:
I think Oliver will do more for Snowden in two hours than the lawyers have doneterms of within three years.
We will launch a massive collection of signatures around the world and we will try to have prominent people and organizations in our call to President Obama to give thanks to Snowden before leaving the presidency.
The idea sounds very good, and there may not have been a better timing and timing for its implementation. But we should think that the exemplary punishment of each Snowden is aimed somewhere. Somewhere there are no human rights and political freedoms.
