Tag: whistleblower

UN rights chief urges protection for individuals revealing human rights violations “Snowden’s case has shown the need to protect persons disclosing information on matters that have implications for human rights, as well as the importance of ensuring respect for the right to privacy,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. Well, I do agree that whistleblowers who reveal serious human rights violations should be protected somehow, I am just not sure this case is the right one to bring this up. I am sorry, I am still not convinced that what he was/is doing is 100% for the…

Believe it or not, China likely allowed Snowden’s exit as a favor to the U.S. “Typically, when the United States and China argue about transferring a high-profile and politically sensitive individual between their custodies, it’s a Chinese dissident whom the U.S. wants to grant asylum. Those cases are often perceived as deeply embarrassing for China, although Beijing has increasingly learned to live with them. Perhaps Chinese authorities saw this as a rare reversal: an American political dissident looking for asylum in Hong Kong, which despite its special status is a part of China. In the Chinese government worldview, granting asylum…