US Should Pardon Edward Snowden Now‏

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS September 15, 2016 Follow us on:

President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Now »  Photo © 2013 Reuters It’s been more than three years since Edward Snowden, then a 29-year-old former National Security Agency contractor announced that he was the source of astonishing revelations of mass surveillance by the US government and its allies. The outcry sparked by Snowden’s disclosures has had sweeping effects globally and domestically. What was previously known only to intelligence insiders has shocked many legislators, the American public, and the world, and prompted the most thorough reconsideration of US intelligence law and policy in decades. This week, Human Rights Watch joined the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International in launching a public campaign urging President Obama to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden.  Whistleblowers, especially those who shine light on wrongdoing in the darkest corners of government, should have options other than a long prison term or exile. And reform of the dysfunctional apparatus for intelligence whistleblowers is woefully overdue. It should begin with a pardon for Edward Snowden. Read more » Sign the Petition » share on:

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