Putin’s willingness to welcome Snowden and embarrass the Obama Administration is an exercise in hypocrisy. He allows representatives of international human rights organizations based in Russia to meet with Snowden, at a time when the Kremlin is putting pressure on these same organizations over their alleged status as “foreign agents.” Just as domestic activists have gotten into trouble for documenting and protesting human rights violations, representatives of human rights groups have also experienced arbitrary searches and other forms of pressure designed to disrupt, even discredit their work. Putin seems willing to use them when it is useful to him, but then squeeze these same organizations for their work and presence in the country. cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/07/31/edward-snowden-joshua-rubenstein
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:14:28 +0000
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