Asylum To Snowden

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  Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says Would Like Asylum In France: Report

  Whistleblower Edward Snowden, living in Russia since leaking a trove of classified documents showing the scope of post-9/11 US government surveillance, wants to claim asylum in France, according to an interview published Saturday.

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  Family Who Helped Edward Snowden Asks Canada For Asylum

  A lawyer for a family who sheltered fugitive former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden asked Canada on Wednesday to take them in as refugees, saying they were being persecuted in Hong Kong.

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  Canada Grants Asylum To Woman Who Sheltered Edward Snowden In Hong Kong

  A woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs arrived Monday in Canada with her daughter, where they were granted asylum.

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  Families Who Provided Shelter To Snowden In Hong Kong Seek Asylum In Canada

  Three families who helped shelter former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 after his mass leak of information about surveillance programmes have asked Canada for asylum, their lawyer said on Friday.

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  Premature To Speak Of Asylum For Bashar Al-Assad: Vladimir Putin

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said today it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, who had made "many mistakes."

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  Would Prefer to Live in My Own Country, Says NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

  Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticised Russia - the country that has granted him asylum - calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom "fundamentally wrong" and said he would prefer not to live in exile.

• Edward Snowden a Recluse One Year on from Russia Asylum

  Fugitive US intelligence agent Edward Snowden marks on Thursday one year of political asylum in Russia, where he continues to live a life shrouded in mystery amid a dearth of public appearances.

• Russia Likely to Prolong Asylum for Fugitive Edward Snowden

  Russia will most probably extend former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's temporary asylum on the grounds that "his life is endangered", an official close to the country's Federal Migration Service (FMS) was quoted as saying on Friday.

• Edward Snowden Applies to Extend his Stay in Russia

  Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday.

• Former NSA Contractor Edward Snowden Expects to Remain in Russia

  Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow last year after revealing details of massive U.S. intelligence-gathering programs, expects his asylum status in Russia to be renewed before it expires this summer, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

• Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald urge caution of wider government monitoring at Amnesty event

  Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald, who brought to light the whistle-blower's leaks about mass US government surveillance last year, appeared together via video link from opposite ends of the earth on Saturday for what was believed to be the first time since Mr Snowden sought asylum in Russia.

• Brazil will not grant Edward Snowden asylum: report

  Brazil has no plans to grant asylum to Edward Snowden even after the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor offered on Tuesday to help investigate revelations of spying on Brazilians and their president, a local newspaper reported.

• Edward Snowden would help Brazil if given asylum: report

  National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in "an open letter to the Brazilian people" that he would be willing to help Brazil's government investigate U.S. spying on its soil, but that he could do so only if granted political asylum.

• Angela Merkel says US ties must not be put at risk

  Angela Merkel reaffirmed the importance of Germany's ties to the United States on Monday, making clear a domestic debate over granting asylum to former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden must not be allowed to harm relations.

• Edward Snowden to start website job in Russia, says his lawyer

  Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has found a job working for a website in Russia, where he was granted asylum after fleeing the United States, a Russian lawyer who is helping him said today.