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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSnowden makes Norway asylum application.
http://www.icenews.is/2013/07/04/snowden-makes-norway-asylum-application/NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Norway, according to the countrys foreign minister. Norway foreign ministry spokesperson Frode Andersen confirmed that they received a faxed asylum application at their Moscow embassy on Monday afternoon. He added that its most likely from Mr Snowden and the signature is allegedly his, but they cannot be 100 per cent sure of that.
The spokesman gave no details about the letters content or from where the asylum application was faxed from.
So he's still trying to find a country to take him. I wonder what the Norwegians are going to do? Also in Iceland, we already know that their government is deciding whether to grant him Icelandic citizenship. I'm thinking some socialist country will give him refugee status on the grounds that he will not be treated well if returned to this country. Norway could be a good bet.
BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)switzerland? belarus?
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)which might contribute to their motivation
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)If that's the case he'll have to figure out how to get out of the Moscow airport.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)what Norway will demand.
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)He could start the terraforming of Mars. Maybe sign up for the flight to Mars.
Thousands want to take one-way trip to Mars, but will you pay their way?
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/thousands-want-take-one-way-trip-mars-will-you-pay-6C9552007
Maybe we could start a collection for him.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Nobody is going to take your dumbass in.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Justice Minister Grete Faremo has halted attempts to get the Norwegian government to reconsider an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the young American who has revealed massive surveillance and spying by the US government. Even though some view Snowden as a hero and political refugee, Norway clearly wont jeopardize its relationship with the US by granting him safe haven.
Norway has been among the many countries where Snowden sought asylum, but his request was quickly turned down on a technicality by immigration agency UDI. The immigration authorities contended that asylum seekers must be physically present in Norway when they apply, while Snowden reportedly remains stuck in a transit zone at the Moscow airport after the US cancelled his passport. That meant he didnt meet Norways formal application requirements.
A Norwegian organization that advocates freedom of expression, Norsk PEN, then took the initiative to bring Snowden to Norway as a sort of transfer refugee. UDI then responded that Snowden didnt qualify for that status, either. Faremo now seems to have brought further attempts at aiding Snowden to an end.
In a press release issued by the justice ministry on Thursday, Faremo noted that the US wants Snowden extradited to face criminal charges regarding his release of secret documents. He thus has no right to asylum, she wrote, because hes a fugitive from a democratic country with a criminal justice system like that found in the US.
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http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/07/04/snowdens-asylum-request-rejected/
Why Wont Anyone Take Edward Snowden?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023162351
Cleita
(75,480 posts)magellan
(13,257 posts)I'd love to live in a democratic socialist country like Norway. Crumbling empires suck.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Snarky imperialists aren't much better.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)I can see the Russians deporting him shortly
Cleita
(75,480 posts)flee the airport. Then they can grab him and deport him since he no longer has a passport.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)unless Wikileaks can support him indefinitely there...300 per night both him and his companion =$600 per night
Aerows
(39,961 posts)They don't take any shit from anyone and imprisoned bankers. That's where I would go. Except it's cold as hell and they eat weird food.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)citizenship. That way he could get a passport. Otherwise he has to go to Iceland first before they grant him asylum. He's really in a bind and in a no man's land right now. Beside the cold and food, what about all that volcanic activity there? I would find that a bit scary.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)And their language hasn't changed in a thousand years. And there are only 300,000 people and they are all related to each other. And they have volcanoes.
Nevertheless, it sounds like a really interesting place. I'd like to visit someday.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)figured out how to have a quality life for all their citizens in a rather inhospitable place.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)because the weather is nice and there are a lot of interesting places to visit. He said not to go in the winter because the weather is terrible and everybody just stays inside and drinks. I have been reading some great crime novels by Arnauldur Indridason, typical dark Scandinavian stuff, but really good reads.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)They have some of the best nightclubs...
Cleita
(75,480 posts)I knew a bunch of Danish girls from work and they were always ready to party, and there were Swedes in my apartment building. The Swedes got me to drink Aquavit like they do belting it down in one gulp. Needless to say they got me pretty drunk.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)They would stay at my hotel..for layovers...man they could drink...they drank me under the table several nights..
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)And Iceland isn't going to work out for him either.
Nobody wants him, so far.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Pretty straightforward. "Nope! We will not grant Snowden amnesty." It happened quickly as these things go.