AAP condemns denial of asylum to Snowden by India
3 July 2013 11:40 PM GMT
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday condemned the central government for denying asylum to fugitive former CIA agent Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on US data mining.
‘The Aam Aadmi Party condemns these cowardly acts of our government and demands that as a country governed by a constitution which protects civil liberties, and committed to protecting whistleblowers,’ the AAP said in a statement.
Snowden, who is holed up in the transit lounge at Moscow airport, has sought asylum from 21 countries including India. His US passport has been revoked.
‘Instead of honouring this hero as a whistleblower who has alerted us all to this massive violation of citizen’s as well as the national rights of all countries,
including India, our government has meekly capitulated to US pressure and refused asylum to Snowden with great alacrity,’ the AAP said.
The party also attacked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for ‘justifying’ the US government's global eavesdropping and surveillance programme, codenamed Prism.
‘The Aam Aadmi Party condemns these cowardly acts of our government and demands that as a country governed by a constitution which protects civil liberties, and committed to protecting whistleblowers,’ the AAP said in a statement.
Snowden, who is holed up in the transit lounge at Moscow airport, has sought asylum from 21 countries including India. His US passport has been revoked.
‘Instead of honouring this hero as a whistleblower who has alerted us all to this massive violation of citizen’s as well as the national rights of all countries,
including India, our government has meekly capitulated to US pressure and refused asylum to Snowden with great alacrity,’ the AAP said.
The party also attacked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for ‘justifying’ the US government's global eavesdropping and surveillance programme, codenamed Prism.
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