Snowden could avoid extradition from Hong Kong


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PressTV - Hong Kong likely to extradite US leaker
PressTV - Hong Kong likely to extradite US leaker

PressTV - Hong Kong likely to extradite US leaker

PressTV - Hong Kong likely to extradite US leaker

PressTV - Hong Kong likely to extradite US leaker

How Snowden Can Avoid Prosecution - Business Insider
How Snowden Can Avoid Prosecution - Business Insider

How Snowden Can Avoid Prosecution - Business Insider

How Snowden Can Avoid Prosecution - Business Insider

How Snowden Can Avoid Prosecution - Business Insider

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition
How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

SNOWDEN COULD AVOID EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG - Los Angeles Times ...
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Snowden could avoid extradition from Hong Kong - Los Angeles Times

Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked ...
Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked ...

Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked ...

Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked ...

Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked

Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report ...
Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report ...

Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report ...

Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report ...

Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report

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Edward Snowden: Lawmakers demand NSA whistleblower be extradited ...

Edward Snowden: Lawmakers demand NSA whistleblower be extradited ...

Edward Snowden: Lawmakers demand NSA whistleblower be extradited ...

Edward Snowden: Lawmakers demand NSA whistleblower be extradited

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Snowden extradition may be complicated process if criminal charges ...
Snowden extradition may be complicated process if criminal charges ...

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Snowden extradition may be complicated process if criminal charges ...

Snowden extradition may be complicated process if criminal charges

US whistleblower Edward Snowden to fight extradition from Hong ...
US whistleblower Edward Snowden to fight extradition from Hong ...

US whistleblower Edward Snowden to fight extradition from Hong ...

US whistleblower Edward Snowden to fight extradition from Hong ...

US whistleblower Edward Snowden to fight extradition from Hong

Hong Kong - NSA Leaker Snowden Says He's Not Avoiding Justice ...
Hong Kong - NSA Leaker Snowden Says He's Not Avoiding Justice ...

Hong Kong - NSA Leaker Snowden Says He's Not Avoiding Justice ...

Hong Kong - NSA Leaker Snowden Says He's Not Avoiding Justice ...

Hong Kong - NSA Leaker Snowden Says He's Not Avoiding Justice

Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong ...
Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong ...

Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong ...

Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong ...

Snowden Treads Fine Line as He Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong

NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, confirms he will stay in Hong ...
NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, confirms he will stay in Hong ...

NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, confirms he will stay in Hong ...

NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, confirms he will stay in Hong ...

NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, confirms he will stay in Hong

The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained ...
The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained ...

The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained ...

The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained ...

The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained

Do not extradite Edward Snowden, protesters urge Hong Kong | World ...
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Do not extradite Edward Snowden, protesters urge Hong Kong | World ...

Do not extradite Edward Snowden, protesters urge Hong Kong | World

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SNOWDEN COULD AVOID EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG
SNOWDEN COULD AVOID EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG

SNOWDEN COULD AVOID EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG

SNOWDEN COULD AVOID EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG

BEIJING -- With U.S. prosecutors having filed criminal charges against Edward Snowden, attention turned Saturday to Hong Kong, whose authorities now must decide how to proceed with the case of the self-proclaimed NSA leaker who has been holed up for ...

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition
How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition

The extradition treaty between the U.S. and Hong Kong (where Snowden is believed to be) contains such an exception. This concept is distinct ... The Hong Kong courts could recognize such a distinction in analyzing the political offense issue. It ...

NSA Leaker Says He Will Fight Extradition in Hong Kong
NSA Leaker Says He Will Fight Extradition in Hong Kong

NSA Leaker Says He Will Fight Extradition in Hong Kong

NSA Leaker Says He Will Fight Extradition in Hong Kong

An ideological divide has opened in Hong Kong's legal profession over how long Mr. Snowden can manage to avoid extradition to the United States. Some human rights lawyers say he could resist for years, partly by filing for asylum, although they predict ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces 30-years in prison after being ...
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces 30-years in prison after being ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces 30-years in prison after being ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces 30-years in prison after being ...

Snowden could contest extradition on grounds of political persecution. In general, the extradition agreement between the U.S. and Hong Kong excepts political offenses from the obligation to surrender. U.S. officials have apparently asked Hong Kong to ...

NSA leak: Why Edward Snowden's Hong Kong gamble might pay off
NSA leak: Why Edward Snowden's Hong Kong gamble might pay off

NSA leak: Why Edward Snowden's Hong Kong gamble might pay off

NSA leak: Why Edward Snowden's Hong Kong gamble might pay off

... be processed. Snowden, a U.S. citizen, fled to the Chinese city-region earlier this month in an attempt to avoid prosecution for leaking classified information about NSA surveillance programs, according to his interviews with The Guardian newspaper ...

US Charges Snowden With Espionage in NSA Leaks
US Charges Snowden With Espionage in NSA Leaks

US Charges Snowden With Espionage in NSA Leaks

US Charges Snowden With Espionage in NSA Leaks

U.S. officials have been in regular contact with their Hong Kong counterparts regarding the extradition process, according to a U.S. official familiar with the situation. “They're going to fight the ... Wikileaks, an anti-secrecy group that publishes ...

Edward Snowden charged with espionage
Edward Snowden charged with espionage

Edward Snowden charged with espionage

Edward Snowden charged with espionage

Hong Kong-based Australian barrister Kevin Egan has told Correspondent's Report he would not have advised Snowden to fly to Hong Kong in the first place. He says there are only a couple of grounds in which extradition can be avoided, including if the ...

Federal Prosecutors Charge Edward Snowden With Espionage
Federal Prosecutors Charge Edward Snowden With Espionage

Federal Prosecutors Charge Edward Snowden With Espionage

Federal Prosecutors Charge Edward Snowden With Espionage

Snowden reportedly fled to Hong Kong to avoid arrest in the United States before the NSA scandal broke. Snowden worked as ... Prosecutors have sixty days in order to file an indictment, at which point they can ask Hong Kong to extradite Snowden. It ...

US faces hurdles if it chooses to extradite NSA leaker Snowden to face ...
US faces hurdles if it chooses to extradite NSA leaker Snowden to face ...

US faces hurdles if it chooses to extradite NSA leaker Snowden to face ...

US faces hurdles if it chooses to extradite NSA leaker Snowden to face ...

Hong Kong provided that,” he said. Snowden's extradition could be complicated.Extradition is a generally complicated process, one that does not happen overnight and could take months or even years, said Ashley Deeks, a University of Virginia law ...

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The first phase will be an attempt by Washington to extradite him from Hong Kong so that he can be put on trial in the US. It appeared that the US had by tonight already asked the former ... The founder of the site, Julian Assange, who is now holed up ...

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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A criminal complaint filed against Edward Snowden could become an integral part of a U.S. government effort to have the former National Security Agency contractor extradited from Hong Kong. A one-page criminal complaint was ... The ...

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Edward Snowden Asylum: Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson Readies Private Plane To ...

Edward Snowden Asylum: Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson Readies Private Plane To ...

Edward Snowden Asylum: Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson Readies Private Plane To ...

Snowden, a former employee of contractor Booz Allen Hamilton who worked in an NSA facility in Hawaii, made world headlines this month after providing details of the programmes to the Guardian and Washington Post and fleeing to Hong Kong. Earlier this ...

US government spying campaign having “chilling effect”, AP president says
US government spying campaign having “chilling effect”, AP president says

US government spying campaign having “chilling effect”, AP president says

US government spying campaign having “chilling effect”, AP president says

I suspect they do.” “The DoJ's actions could not have been more tailor-made to comfort authoritarian regimes that want to suppress their own news media,” Pruitt said. ... Assange, who is currently staying at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in order to ...

Where can an American go to avoid being extradited back to the US?
Where can an American go to avoid being extradited back to the US?

Where can an American go to avoid being extradited back to the US?

Where can an American go to avoid being extradited back to the US?

Though technically under the sovereignty of China, Hong Kong is still quite autonomous, and according to Article 6 of the extradition treaty it signed with the US in 1996, fugitives will not be extradited if the crimes they are accused of are political ...

Snowden a “Chinese Agent”. Beijing Responds, Accuses Washington of ...
Snowden a “Chinese Agent”. Beijing Responds, Accuses Washington of ...

Snowden a “Chinese Agent”. Beijing Responds, Accuses Washington of ...

Snowden a “Chinese Agent”. Beijing Responds, Accuses Washington of ...

According to the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the local authorities not only know where he is hiding, but have assigned special personnel to protect him “to prevent any incident.” Snowden has warned that he could be the target of assassination by the US ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden could be flown to Iceland on private jet by ...
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden could be flown to Iceland on private jet by ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden could be flown to Iceland on private jet by ...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden could be flown to Iceland on private jet by ...

comments. U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden could be flown to Iceland from Hong Kong by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, it has emerged. ... As a U.S. citizen, Snowden would not need a visa to enter Iceland and could immediately apply for ...

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Hong Kong may not be asylum NSA leaker Edward Snowden ... Unlike China, the self ... Duration: 641 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:42:20 -0700

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Edward Snowden: experts divided over extradition of NSA whistleblower ... Hong Kong's ... Duration: 118 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:44:44 -0700

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Snowden is currently believed to be in Hong Kong, where he is attempting to avoid ... Duration: 185 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:04:47 -0700

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Snowden is currently believed to be in Hong Kong, where he is attempting to avoid ... Duration: 192 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:40:02 -0700

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NSA leaker hunkers down in Hong Kong -- for now Self-identified NSA ... of Hong Kong ... Duration: 59 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:30:31 -0700

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"At that point it would be difficult for Hong Kong to resist depo... ... But as things stand now ... Duration: 146 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:36:59 -0700

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CNN's legal analyst says loopholes in Hong Kong's extradition laws may prevent Edward ... Duration: 302 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:06:59 -0700

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Snowden told The Post Hong Kong that he now intends to ask for asylum from " any countries ... Duration: 468 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:21:02 -0700

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Edward Snowden, the man behind of one of the biggest leaks in the history of ... holed up in a ... Duration: 139 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:44:17 -0700

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... down in Hong Kong -- for now Self-identified NSA leaker Edward Snowden ... of Hong ... Duration: 64 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:31:53 -0700

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... Region of Hong Kong, the country's central government has avoided taking a ... In ... Duration: 128 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:23:01 -0700

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... in Hong Kong -- for now Self-identified NSA leaker Edward Snowden ... of Hong Kong ... Duration: 68 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:28:06 -0700

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... Hong Kong newspaper, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says he will leave ... Duration: 59 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:26:57 -0700

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Snowden took off for Hong Kong before the stories were published ... Assange fled to the ... Duration: 345 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:13:56 -0700

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I am here to reveal criminality,' NSA leaker tells ...

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-My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate,- the South China ... Duration: 143 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:24:32 -0700

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I hope the Chinese and Hong Kong government can ensure that this man of ... we must ... Duration: 300 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:14:01 -0700

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Julian Assange Praises Edward Snowden HERO For Exposing ... News that Snowden was "in ... Duration: 524 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:27:27 -0700

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... to a Hong Kong newspaper, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says ... of Hong Kong ... Duration: 48 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:37:04 -0700

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He chose Hong Kong because the city has "a spirited commitment to free ... Nonetheless, he ... Duration: 431 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:59:02 -0700

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Snowden, an outside contractor for the NSA, announced in a video on Sunday ( June 9) from ... Duration: 99 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:29:58 -0700

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Is Snowden A Double Agent - YouTube

Is Snowden A Double Agent - YouTube

Snowden's decision to flee to Hong Kong "[that] has an extradition agreement with the ... Duration: 272 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:03:06 -0700

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In the week since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden surfaced in China's Special ... Duration: 128 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:53:31 -0700

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Hong Kong may not be asylum NSA leaker Edward Snowden ... Unlike China, the self ... Duration: 641 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:26:57 -0700

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... of Hong Kong, the country's central government has avoided taking a position on ... In ... Duration: 128 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: youtube.com on Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:26:57 -0700

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Snowden says he will fight any extradition from Hong Kong - report ...

Ex-CIA staffer whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed fresh details of US surveillance to a Chinese newspaper. He has vowed to fight any extradition attempt from Hong Kong. Snowden spoke from the secret location as ...

Edward Snowden Charged With Espionage Over NSA Leaks

The prosecutors now have 60 days to file an indictment and can then take steps to secure Snowden's extradition from Hong Kong for a criminal trial in the United States, the newspaper reported. The United States and Hong ...

The Six Tricky Steps to Edward Snowden's Extradition, Explained ...

1 day ago ... The process of extraditing him from Hong Kong would be tedious, extensive, and riddled ... Department of Justice (which is tasked with developing the charges) needs to avoid. ... Snowden could seek asylum from Hong Kong.

Can someone explain who this Edward Snowden guy is and why hes all over the news?

Im a 17 year old guy so I apologize if Im clueless on this situation. Anyways, I just saw the evening news and they brought up this Edward Snowden guy. Apparently, hes a whistleblower and is exposing the corrupt government and now is hiding in Hong Kong. Can anyone go into further detail about this story and the possible implications?
Answer: He did something similar to what Julian Assange and Wikileaks did. Exposed criminal activity within the military only this guy made public the NSA illegal spying on Americans here and abroad. He went to Hong Kong to avoid getting arrested in the U.S. but I imagine the U.S. pressured the Chinese authorities to let them arrest him on foreign soil like they did with Viktor Boot. Anyway, Snowden apparently is in hiding somewhere and was hoping for asylum in Hong Kong which is part of China now. Maybe Julian Assange should have gone to Hong Kong to be safe from persecution. Hong Kong does have an extradition agreement with the U.S. as does Britain and Sweden in the Assange case.
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Jun 12, 2013 ... An ideological divide has opened in Hong Kong's legal profession over how long Mr. Snowden can manage to avoid extradition to the United ...

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Or Snowden could seek safety in another nation's Hong Kong consulate; Julian Assange of WikiLeaks took that route when he sought to avoid extradition on sexual assault charges by staying in Ecuador's embassy in London.

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After filing a criminal complaint, U.S. officials could formally move to extradite Snowden for trial in America. The 29-year-old ex-Booz Allen employee could apply for asylum in Hong Kong, Iceland, or another country.

Causal Loop: Will Edward Snowden be Extradited?

The United States and Hong Kong have in force an extradition treaty under which the U.S. could obtain his return for prosecution. Why did Snowden escape to Hong Kong, likely knowing that he could be extradited? My sense is that it isn't .... According to Ku, prosecutors may avoid charging Snowden under the Espionage Act -- which could be considered a political prosecution by courts in Hong Kong -- and indict him under a different statute. Among the crimes listed ...

The risky legal strategy behind Edward Snowden's flight to Hong Kong

And if Snowden is to avoid being sent back to the United States (Republican lawmakers are already calling for his extradition), he may have to convince a judge that he is being persecuted for his political beliefs. In doing so, he is taking a ... According to Ku, prosecutors may avoid charging Snowden under the Espionage Act -- which could be considered a political prosecution by courts in Hong Kong -- and indict him under a different statute. Among the crimes listed ...

Edward Snowden extradition: Is Hong Kong safer than Iceland ...

Jun 10, 2013 ... Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old technology contractor expert behind ... Is Hong Kong the best place for Edward Snowden to avoid extradition? ... If France can be a sanctuary for them, perhaps there would be some hope for ...

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2 days ago ... U.S. officials could file a criminal complaint and try to have Snowden detained in Hong Kong on a provisional arrest, extradition lawyers said.

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From flying to Taiwan to taking a ferry to Macau, here are a few of the options former CIA employee Edward Snowden has to avoid extradition to the US. ... Assuming that Snowden is still in Hong Kong, the judicial proceedings for an extradition request could take a year, and once completed it would be up to Hong Kong's leader, known as the chief executive, to decide on handing over Snowden, said Michael Blanchflower, a Hong Kong lawyer with three decades of ...

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Jun 12, 2013 ... An ideological divide has opened in Hong Kong's legal profession over how long Mr. Snowden can manage to avoid extradition to the United ...

Edward Snowden vows to fight extradition and claims US hacked ...

Jun 12, 2013 ... NSA whistleblower says he is not in Hong Kong to 'hide from justice' and ... not extradition, as Hong Kong is not a sovereign state – but could make an ... by UK authorities to avoid local privacy laws and spy on British citizens.

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Jun 12, 2013 ... He has vowed to fight any extradition attempt from Hong Kong. ... in the treaty that may let Snowden avoid extradition to his homeland, experts say. ... attempts to return Snowden back home may take months and could be ...

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Snowden's defense team in Hong Kong is likely to invoke part of the extradition treaty with the United States, which states that suspects will not be turned over to face criminal trial for offenses of a “political character.” Snowden could also remain in Hong Kong if the Chinese government decides that it is not in the defense or foreign policy interests of the government in Beijing to have him sent back to the United States for trial. Snowden could also apply for asylum in ...

How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition - USA Today

2 days ago ... How Edward Snowden could sidestep extradition. Prosecutors must avoid triggering 19th century loophole that protects dissidents.




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