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On July 1, WikiLeaks revealed that Snowden had applied for political asylum
to 19 countries in addition to Ecuador and Iceland; these included Austria,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy,
Ireland, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain,
Switzerland, and Venezuela. A statement attributed to Snowden also contended
that the U.S. administration, and specifically Vice President Biden, had
unjustly pressured the governments of these countries to refuse his petition
for asylum.[160] Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly said any asylum
request would be considered only if he stopped leaking the United States'
secrets.[161] In response, Snowden withdrew his asylum application to Russia
.[162] India and Brazil have turned down Snowden's application, while
Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain
and Switzerland have stated that applications for political asylum can be
accepted only from applicants who are physically present on the respective
countries' territory.[162][163] Polish Foreign Minister Radosław
Sikorski added that, in any case, Snowden's request would likely be rejected
.[162]Norway rejected the application on July 2 of formal reasons, but the
Norwegian chapter of P.E.N. stated that they will use their right to ask for
a renewed handling of the application. |
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