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EU Votes to Protect Edward Snowden - chairman - 10-30-2015
The European Union's Parliament voted Thursday to call on its member states to drop criminal charges against Edward Snowden and to protect him from extradition. Voted in by a close margin, 285-281, the European Union resolution doesn't change any existing laws or policies but acts as a resolution on the part of the governing body, asking EU members to drop any charges against Snowden and "prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistle-blower and international human rights defender."