WikiLeaks suggests Cuba asylum

WikiLeaks suggests Cuba asylum
By TAL KOPAN | 7/8/13 10:36 AM EDT

WikiLeaks is predicting that Cuba will offer asylum to NSA leaker Edward
Snowden, who has been holed up in Moscow's airport for weeks.

WikiLeaks tweeted, "If Raul Castro's solidarity on #Snowden is serious
Cuba will publically offer Snowden asylum."

The tweet on Sunday night apparently references remarks by the Cuban
president earlier that day to the Cuban National Assembly, which were
broadcast on state-run television.

"We support the sovereign right of … Venezuela and all states in the
region to grant asylum to those persecuted for their ideals or their
struggles for democratic rights," Castro said, according to reports.

While Castro did not say that Cuba would offer Snowden asylum, he said
Snowden's case and the rerouting of the Bolivian president's plane
"shows that we live in a world in which the powerful think they can
violate international law, endanger the sovereignty of states and
trample the rights of citizens."

Snowden has been staying out of sight at the Moscow airport for two
weeks. The U.S. has revoked his passport, and Russia is urging Snowden
to take an aslyum offer from Venezuela. Bolivia has also offered Snowden
asylum, and Nicaragua has said it would do so if circumstances allow.

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Some U.S. politicians have been critical of countries offering Snowden
asylum, saying it threatens U.S. relations. On Sunday, Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who fled Cuba with her family as a child, tweeted
her dismay about the Cuban leader's statements.

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