Petitioner: Mick Napier
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
18 April 2014
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to offer political asylum to Glasgow University's elected student Rector, Edward Snowden, in the event of a majority 'Yes' vote in the independence referendum in September.
We all owe a debt of gratitude to Edward Snowden. Offering him asylum will express that gratitude, constitute a declaration of opposition to saturation surveillnace of all its citizens from a future independent Scottish Government, and embolden whistleblowers everywhere to take a public stance against corruption, incompetence, sexual assaults, and other illegalities. It would signal a clean break with the intrusiveness of the UK security state and place a high value on the right to privacy in our everyday lives.