Edward Snowden receives Russian passport – lawyer

The American whistleblower has now become a full-fledged Russian citizen, his lawyer says

Former CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) officer Edward Snowden has received his Russian passport after having been granted citizenship by President Vladimir Putin earlier this year.

According to Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, who spoke with Interfax on Friday, the whistleblower has also taken an oath mandated by law in order to become a full-fledged Russian citizen.

Kucherena noted that since Snowden now holds a Russian passport, he cannot be legally extradited to any foreign state seeking charges against him. In the US, where he stands accused of espionage and theft of state property.

When Snowden was granted citizenship in late September, concerns were raised that the whistleblower could now be drafted into the Russian army and sent to fight in Ukraine. His lawyer, however, has explained that although Snowden is now technically a Russian citizen of military age, he is not eligible for mobilization because he has never served in the Russian army.

In 2013, Snowden leaked a massive trove of classified documents revealing the NSA’s sprawling surveillance operations, which targeted American civilians and collected their electronic communication data and phone records. His revelations launched nation-wide debates about government surveillance and led the US appeals court to declare the NSA’s program unlawful.

When the leaked files were posted in a number of media outlets, Washington promptly revoked Snowden’s US citizenship, making him a de facto stateless individual. He initially tried to flee from Hong Kong to Latin America, but got stranded during a layover in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where he ended up living for over a month. Ultimately he was granted asylum in Russia, where he has remained to this day.

In 2017, Snowden married American acrobat and blogger Lindsay Mills in Moscow. The two have since had a child, who has automatically received Russian citizenship. Kucherena says that Mills is now also gathering documents to apply for a Russian passport.

https://www.rt.com/russia/567552-edward-snowden-russian-passport/

Assange's lawyers submit appeal to ECHR against extradition order

In yet another attempt to stop his extradition order, Julian Assange makes an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, in the hope of having his human rights protected.

Reuters reported on Friday that court documents showed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to fight his extradition from the UK to the US.

"We confirm that an application has been received," the statement cited by Reuters said.

Assange has been unlawfully charged in the US with 17 counts of "espionage" and one count of computer misuse in connection with WikiLeaks' disclosure of tens of thousands of military and diplomatic documents - whereby Assange exposed the US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan - that whistleblower Chelsea Manning had disclosed.

The maximum sentence for the charges is 175 years in jail.

Julian Assange's attorneys have previously launched an appeal to London on August 26 to stop his extradition to the US.

Julian Assange's lawyer recently cited suicide as a possible outcome if the Australian is extradited to the US on his espionage charges.

On November 30, Declassified UK revealed in a report that four of the UK's most powerful government ministries have refused to say whether their officials have met with US authorities to discuss Julian Assange's case.

The Home Office, Cabinet Office, Foreign Office, and Ministry of Justice have all recently failed to inform parliament of any potential contact with their US counterparts on the issue of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to the report.

The refusals cast further doubt on the politicization of Assange's legal case. Britain is a member of the US-dominated Five Eyes intelligence alliance and is closely aligned with the US government, which is seeking Assange's extradition.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/assanges-lawyers-submit-appeal-to-echr-against-extradition-o

Nurse Sentenced to 6 Mos. in Prison After Injecting 10,000 Patients with Saline Rather than COVID Vaccine – Still Unclear How Many Came Down with COVID after Saline Shot

A German nurse was accused of injecting more than 10,000 patients with saline solution rather than the COVID-19 vaccine.

She was sentenced to 6 months probation this week.

The nurse was identified as Antje T, the 40-year-old Red Cross nurse from the German district of Friesland.

It is still unclear how many who were injected with the saline eventually came down with COVID-19.

Look for authorities to hide this number from the public.

Via NDR Network and Just a Dude.

The district of Friesland corrected the number of people affected by the vaccination scandal upwards on Friday. According to this, 10,186 people should now be vaccinated.

There is a possibility that they are not fully vaccinated due to manipulation of the syringes by a 40 year old nurse. On Tuesday, 8,557 potential cases were still expected. District administrator Sven Ambrosy (SPD) explained that the other suspected cases became known through the examination of the accused nurse’s working hours. A comparison of the times previously known from the roster with the woman’s actual working hours revealed that she had taken on additional duties.

Investigations so far only in six cases

The people concerned would be informed by mail, it said. The public prosecutor said that six cases that the woman admitted were specifically determined. According to the investigators, witness statements showed that far more than six people who wanted to be vaccinated could be affected. How many people actually received saline instead of vaccine is unknown…

…More than 5,000 people registered for revaccination

It mainly affects people over the age of 70 who visited the vaccination center in Schortens between March 5th and April 24th . In addition, employees of hospices and mobile nursing services, educators and doctors were vaccinated during this period. According to the district, more than 5,000 people affected had registered for a catch-up vaccination by Friday. Several thousand people called the information hotline (0800) 0 00 51 60 . There is also one on the district’s websiteFind the FAQ info page.

It is unclear whether people who were supposedly vaccinated became infected with the corona virus after being injected with saline solution

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/nurse-sentenced-6-mos-prison-injecting-10000-patients-saline-rather-covid-vaccine-still-unclear-many-came-covid-saline-shot/

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