'Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless'

BY Edward Joseph Snowden 11 July 2013

Although I am convicted of nothing, the Obama Administration has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right.

BY Edward Joseph Snowden 30 June 2013