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Hong Kong thumbs its nose at Internet super spy, the United States of America
HKSAR Government issues statement on Edward Snowden
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The
HKSAR Government today (June 23) issued the following statement on Mr Edward
Snowden:
Mr Edward Snowden left Hong Kong today (June 23) on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel.
The US Government earlier on made a request to the HKSAR Government for the issue of a provisional warrant of arrest against Mr Snowden. Since the documents provided by the US Government did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the HKSAR Government has requested the US Government to provide additional information so that the Department of Justice could consider whether the US Government's request can meet the relevant legal conditions. As the HKSAR Government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.
The HKSAR Government has already informed the US Government of Mr Snowden's departure.
Meanwhile, the HKSAR Government has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on earlier reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies. The HKSAR Government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong.
Mr Edward Snowden left Hong Kong today (June 23) on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel.
The US Government earlier on made a request to the HKSAR Government for the issue of a provisional warrant of arrest against Mr Snowden. Since the documents provided by the US Government did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the HKSAR Government has requested the US Government to provide additional information so that the Department of Justice could consider whether the US Government's request can meet the relevant legal conditions. As the HKSAR Government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.
The HKSAR Government has already informed the US Government of Mr Snowden's departure.
Meanwhile, the HKSAR Government has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on earlier reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies. The HKSAR Government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong.
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BACKGROUND:
EurActiv-20/06/2013
EU lawmakers want to forbid the United States from accessing European citizens' data without the approval of a judge or equivalent authority, ...
EUobserver.com-19/06/2013
European Parliament (press release)-19/06/2013
VentureBeat-by John Koetsier-21/06/2013
As is the case with PRISM in the U.S., the companies are forbidden by law to either decline to participate or to reveal the spying to their ...
Reuters-11/06/2013
U.S. officials have confirmed the existence of a huge, secret U.S. Internet spying programme, codenamed PRISM, which according to ...
ZDNet-by Zack Whittaker-13/06/2013
The U.S. National Security Agency, which has been at the center of a privacy storm, after details of itsPRISM program leaked. The EU is ...
The Verge-by Carl Franzen-07/06/2013
A major intelligence agency in the United Kingdom is part of the US government's massive secret internet user spying program PRISM, ...
SiliconANGLE (blog)-13/06/2013
Just when we thought these spying shenanigans couldn't get any worse, well… They just did. A report by Michael Riley in Bloomberg today ...
ITProPortal-18/06/2013
Prism, meanwhile, lets the NSA "obtain the specific communications of foreign suspects from U.S.companies with a court order. This program ...
TechNewsDaily-18/06/2013
United States "persons" — citizens and residents protected by the Fourth Amendment — were said to not be part of its scope. Yet PRISM data ...
Telegraph.co.uk-08/06/2013
It comes after senior ministers were challenged over their alleged role in authorising use of a covert USgovernment spying project, Prism, ...
NitiCentral-19/06/2013
In his plea, Singh has alleged that such large-scale spying by the US authorities is detrimental to national security and urged the Apex court to ...
CBS
NEWS 24 June 2013
The NSC issued a statement early
Monday saying it is "disappointed by the decision of the authorities in
Hong Kong to permit Mr. Snowden to flee despite the legally valid U.S. request
to arrest him for purposes of his extradition under the U.S.-Hong Kong
Surrender Agreement. We have registered our strong objections to the
authorities in Hong Kong as well as to the Chinese government through
diplomatic channels and noted that such behavior is detrimental to U.S.-Hong
Kong and U.S.-China bilateral relations." The statement continued, "We now
understand Mr. Snowden is on Russian soil. Given our intensified cooperation
after the Boston marathon bombings and our history of working with Russia on
law enforcement matters -- including returning numerous high level criminals
back to Russia at the request of the Russian government -- we expect the
Russian Government to look at all options available to expel Mr. Snowden back
to the U.S. to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged."
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott admits to a particular difficulty
Tony marvelled at the longevity of my virginity that I had managed to protect for forty six years. “I don’t know how you do it! I couldn’t do it. I find it difficult enough staying faithful to the one woman for the rest of my life,” he said with a laugh. [Father Kevin Lee,quote from a conversation with Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott MP on 20th December 2010]
Watch International Court of Justice Australia v Japan in the matter of commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean - live June 26-July 16, 2013
The elusive white humpback whale known as Migaloo in 2012 off Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef in North Queensland. Picture: Marc McCormack
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands Tel.:
+31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928 Website: www.icj-cij.org Press Release Unofficial
No. 2013/14
12 June 2013
Public hearings in the
case concerning Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New
Zealand intervening) Public admission and media accreditation Live and
on-demand webcasts
THE HAGUE, 12 June 2013.
As announced in Press Release 2013/7 issued on 11 April 2013, the International
Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,
will hold public hearings in the case concerning Whaling in the Antarctic
(Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) from Wednesday 26 June to Tuesday
16 July 2013, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court.
1. Access for members of
the Diplomatic Corps
Owing to the limited
number of seats available in the Great Hall of Justice, members of the
Diplomatic Corps wishing to attend the hearings are kindly asked to inform the
Information Department before midnight on Sunday 23 June 2013, by e-mail
to confirmation@icj-cij.org.
Diplomatic missions are kindly requested to limit their delegations to two
persons.
Should members of the
Diplomatic Corps decide at any point not to attend a hearing for which they
have reserved a seat/s, they are kindly requested to inform the Information
Department so that their seat/s can be reallocated.
2. Access for media
representatives
Media representatives are
subject to an online accreditation procedure, details of which can be found in
the Media Advisory attached to this Press Release. The accreditation procedure
will close at midnight on Sunday 23 June 2013.
3. Access for members of
the public
Owing to the very limited
number of seats available in the Great Hall of Justice, priority access will be
given to members of the delegations of States that are parties to the case, and
members of the Diplomatic Corps.
A small number of seats
will be allocated daily to members of the public on a first come first served
basis. There will be no advance registration procedure, all previously
sent requests to attend these hearings will be ignored.
4. Live and on-demand webcasts
We strongly advise members
of the public to watch the hearings on the Court’s website, where they will be
broadcast live and in full (www.icj-cij.org,
under the heading “Multimedia”), or on the online television channel “UN Web TV
(http://webtv.un.org/)”.
The hearings will
subsequently also be available as a recorded webcast (VOD) on the United
Nations Web TV website (http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/).
5. Schedule for and
information on the hearings
The schedule for the
hearings is available on the Calendar on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org). Verbatim records of the hearings
will be published daily on the Court’s website (with translations to follow as
soon as practicable thereafter). On the final day of the hearings, a Press
Release will be issued presenting the submissions of the Parties (the Court’s
press releases do not constitute official documents).
6. History of the
proceedings
The history of the
proceedings can be found in Press Release No. 2013/7 of 11 April 2013, which is
available on the Court’s website.
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