Breaking: Alleged NSA Leaker Edward Snowden to Meet Human Rights Groups at Moscow Airport Today

[Catherina]

13. Here's the whole letter. US HRW probably not going to attend. Edit, now they will

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Representatives of the US-based international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) are unlikely to attend the proposed meeting with former CIA employee Edward Snowden in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

"I have not yet made a final decision, but I think that I am not going to be able make it to the meeting," deputy head of the HRW Moscow office Tatyana Lokshina said.

Lokshina also made it clear that other HRW members would not be present at the meeting if she decided not to attend it.

"We think that Snowden has reasons to seek asylum," she said.

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- I am not going to go. I am busy and I can't go there today. That's all I can say.

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http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_12/Snowdens-letter-to-human-rights-activists-made-public-3751/

Her twitter page says she's going now

Tanya Lokshina ‏@TanyaLokshina 2h

I'm going to the airprot and HRW says: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/03/countries-should-consider-snowden-s-asylum-claim-fairly …

https://twitter.com/TanyaLokshina/status/355620748926267392

Edit: Explanation:

Senior researcher on Russia of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch Tatiana Lokshinahas said to the Russian News Service that the invitation sent on behalf of Edward Snowden was probably not genuine.

"I can't confirm that it is true. Perhaps, it's a fake. There are many rumors and media’s madness around this case. I’ve posted the text of the invitation on my Facebook so that people could look and make conclusions. It seems to me that it was rather awkwardly worded stylistically. This document has caused my mistrust. But maybe it is true. I will go to Sheremetyevo and find out", she said.

http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_12/Human-Rights-Watch-doubt-the-authenticity-of-Snowden-s-invitation-4185/

This is just bizarre:

The Voice of Russia ‏@VoiceofRussia 14m

To show HRW does care about the situation,they send a representative but she won’t ask any questions - VoR's @PChernitsa_VR to #VoRradio