AI: US interference with Snowden asylum violates human rights

[JURIST] Amnesty Inter­na­tional (AI) [advo­cacy web­site] on Tues­day said [press release] that US authorities' efforts to thwart Edward Snowden's attempts to seek asy­lum amount to seri­ous human rights vio­la­tions. Accord­ing to Wik­ileaks [offi­cial web­site], a whistle­blower web­site, Snow­den sub­mit­ted [report] asy­lum appli­ca­tions to a host of coun­tries, includ­ing Ecuador, China and Cuba. AI Direc­tor of Law and Pol­icy Michael Boch­e­neck said it is Snowden's “unas­sail­able right, enshrined in inter­na­tional law, to claim asy­lum and this should not be impeded.” He…

AI: US interference with Snowden asylum violates human rights