The
European Parliament voted Thursday in support of a resolution that
calls on member states to protect Edward Snowden from extradition.
The
vote, which has no legal force, was 285-281. The resolution urges
nations to drop criminal charges and "consequently prevent extradition
or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as
whistle-blower and international human rights defender."
Edward Snowden,
a former contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency, leaked
documents about top secret mass surveillance programs. He fled the
United States in 2013 and spent more than a month living in Moscow's
Sheremetyevo International Airport before being granted asylum.
On Twitter,Edward Snowden called Thursday's vote a "game-changer."
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