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Snowdon allow lawyers to help him obtain political asylum status in Russia

July 12 (RIA Novosti) – A meeting between fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and representatives from Russian human rights organizations will take place at Moscow's Sheremetyevo aiport on Friday afternoon, airport officials have confirmed.
“The meeting will be at 5:00 p.m.," said a spokesperson for Sheremetyevo airport, which is owned by the Russian state. "We will provide access and a location for the meeting."
Russian human rights organizations and lawyers said Friday that they have been invited to a meeting with Snowden in Sheremetyevo. It was not immediately clear whether the invitation was genuinely from Snowden, though the email address used did include his name.
“I received an invitation yesterday for 4:30 p.m. at Sheremetyevo,” said prominent Moscow lawyer Henri Reznik, “He sent invitations not only to me, but to other human rights activists.”
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, prominent laywer Henrikh Padva and head of Russian rights organization “Resistance” Olga Kostina all confirmed Friday that they had been invited to the meeting.
Snowden, who is wanted by Washington on charges of espionage and property theft after he leaked details of secret state surveillance programs, has been holed up in Sheremetyevo's transit zone since arriving on a June 23 flight from Hong Kong. Despite the efforts of dozens of reporters to find him, Snowden has not been seen in public, nor made any official statements, since his arrival in Moscow.
The full text of the alleged invitation from Snowden was published on Facebook by Tatyana Lokshina, deputy director of the Moscow branch of Human Rights Watch, who said that she received it at 5 p.m. on Thursday from the email address edsnowden@lavabit.com.
The email's sender said that he had been, “extremely fortunate to enjoy and accept many offers of support and asylum from brave countries around the world… Unfortunately, in recent weeks, we have witnessed an unlawful campaign by officials in the US government to deny my right to seek and enjoy this asylum.”
Snowden, who has had his passport revoked by the United States, has submitted over 20 asylum applications to countries across the world. Latin American states including Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have said that they would be prepared to offer him refuge.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said case of Snowden is a human rights issue, and that Russia will not extradite him to the United States, where he could face the death penalty.
“Snowden himself sincerely believes, for one reason or another, that he is a rights activist, a fighter for the ideals of democracy and human freedom,” Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said earlier this month. “This is admitted by Russian human rights activists and Russian human rights organizations, and their foreign colleagues.”
Peskov said Friday that Snowden was not on the Kremlin’s agenda, had not requested a meeting with presidential officials.
Those attending the Snowden meeting will rendezvous with airport staff in the center of the arrivals hall of Terminal F of Sheremetyevo Airport holding a sign marked “G9,” according to the email invitation published by Lokshina.
A separate email sent subsequently from the same address, also allegedly from Snowden, said that the meeting will be closed to journalists, but there will be another gathering later on for media representatives, Reuters reported.
Snowden has denied that he has provided Russia with classified information since his arrival in Russia almost three weeks ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also said repeatedly that the former CIA employee was not working with Russian intelligence services.

July 12 (RIA Novosti) – Ecuador will not recognize the passport of a citizen of the world, issued for ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden, if the American attempts to enter the country, an Ecuadorian deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
The World Service Authority (WSA), a Washington-based charity and executive branch of the World Government of World Citizens, issued earlier in the week a passport of the citizen of the world for Snowden, as his American passport was revoked by the US authorities.
“We are not recognizing this passport, international or universal, as valid to enter the country,” Marco Albuja said in an interview with FM Mundo radio station.
Snowden, who is wanted by the United States for leaking details of secret state surveillance programs, arrived in Russia on a flight to Moscow from Hong Kong on June 23. The US authorities have revoked Snowden’s passport, and he is now believed to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
Snowden has submitted more than 20 requests for asylum. Most have been rejected, or countries have told the former National Security Agency contractor that he must be present on their soil to submit such an application.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that his country had received a request for political asylum from Snowden and was waiting for his arrival.

Yahoo.co.uk: holding “world passport” Edward Joseph Snowden still unaccounted

WWW.Yahoo.co.uk News on July 11: Wiki leaks said Edward Joseph Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the leaker of PRISM would board “the flight to freedom”, agreeing to disclose more information on social websites. As the news went to press, Wiki leaks still said nothing about Snowden’s track. Although three Hispanic countries have agreed to protect Snowden, it was reported by Russian Media that Snowden had not went to Venezuela for shelter. Guesses about Snowden’s fate are in the air.

Snowden had been staying the Moscow Airport for more than two weeks. Is he already on the board, and if so, which country does he will fly to?



Snowden had been staying in the transit zone of Moscow Airport. According to Russian officers, without travel documents, Snowden had to wait in the transit zone after his passport was annulled by US. Although leaders of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have promised him political asylum, without passport, it seems impossible for Snowden to arrive in these countries.



Does the “world passport” help Snowden on board? What will Snowden do without passport”?

Yahoo.co.uk quoted from The Venezuelan south television stations: a non-government organization issued a so-called “world passport” to Snowden which has English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Esperanto edition. WSA emphasized that the Esperanto edition can be officially admitted by ICAO. Holders of the passport can take a plane and leave the airport legally.

As media guess, Snowden can firstly fly to Ecuador, then to Venezuela. It is reported that although Venezuela does not legally admit the word passport, the WSA website shows that the customs of Venezuela sealed on the world passport during 1995 to 1996, which means “in fact” Venezuela admits this passport.

However, there are many countries denying the passport issued by WSA, considering it unrecognized organization. The United States government has announced the passport invalid. /Zhang Yan

Yahoo.CO.UK News  The Latest Tip-off of Snowdon:Microsoft Help the NSA Gain Encrypted Data

According to the Iran press TV news July 12th,"leak" Snowdon's latest information showed that Microsoft had cooperated with the American goverment,and help the NSA(national security bureau of America) gain encrypted data from the Internet.
News from Yahoo.CO.UK, ‘ The Guardian’ quoted from the secret document provided by Snowdon,the Microsoft has offered
FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) and NSA Skype(A network of instant voice communication tool) video call, Outlook(One of software components developed by the Microsoft office, which can send / receive e-mails) and the mail data of Hotmail.

It’s known that the Microsoft has rejected the cooperation with the NSA. The Microsoft announced in the statement on July 10th that the company hsa just provided customers' data under the requirement of the American government.
The Microsoft pointed out:"Just to be clear, we have not provided any channel for any goverment to directly obtain the data of SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype or any other Microsoft's software products."/Mei Zhu