Whistle Blower Edward Snowden has convened a meeting with representatives of several human rights organsiationer. The meeting is expected to take place today at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow.<p>- I can confirm that the meeting will take place at 16:00 local time at the airport. We will not increase security at the airport ahead of the meeting, says Roman Genis head of the press office at Sheremetyevo Airport.<p>Already around 13:00 Swedish time flocked to reporters at the airport to talk to the representatives invited by Snowden. For the first time since Snowden's revelations reached the press caught him now in view of Human Rights Watch's photographer. To the west the picture is Sarah Harrison from WikiLeaks.
Great interest<p>A number of journalists have gathered at the airport while waiting for the whistle-blower's performance. The meeting, taking place right now behind closed doors.<p>- Snowden's revelations have shown the problem. He has not identified any people but only highlights the major problems, said Sergei Nikitin, head of Amnesty International Russian to AP from the airport.<p>Snowden will have sent invitations to representatives of Amnesty International in Russia, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch and the UN in Russia. Although Russian parliamentarians and lawyers have accepted Snowden's invitation and is now at the airport in Moscow.
"Campaign Against Me"<p>In inbjudningsbreven to Edward Snowden according to the Guardian have written that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries. Snowden thank the letter also those who have offered to help him.<p>The former CIA employee Edward Snowden fled the United States when he revealed the extent of its supervision. He has lived on the transit portion of the airport in Moscow since June 23. Snowden has applied for asylum in more than 20 countries. Several South American countries have offered him protection, but it has proved problematic to leave the airport. Edward Snowden has been stripped of his U.S. passport and without it he can not buy a new ticket. Last week also forced the Bolivian president Evo Morales stopover in Austria when there was suspicion that Snowden was aboard his aircraft.
The Guardian is (of course) carrying it as well: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-to-meet-amnesty-and-human-rights-watch-at-moscow-airport-live-coverag" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-t...</a>
I appreciate Edward Snowden for having the courage to do what he did and what he did, but I feel like there is a disproportionate amount of coverage about him versus what he blew the whistle on.