“I have chosen this latter course, which is more difficult and which entails more risk and hardship than sitting in gaol. I have had to separate myself from my dear wife and children, from my mother and sisters, to live as an outlaw in my own land. I have had to close my business, to abandon my profession, and live in poverty and misery, as many of my people are doing. I will continue to act as the spokesman of the National Action Council during the phase that is unfolding and in the tough struggles that lie ahead. I shall fight the government side by side with you, inch by inch, and mile by mile, until victory is won. What are you going to do? Will you come along with us, or are you going to co-operate with the government in its efforts to suppress the claims and aspirations of your own people? Or are you going to remain silent and neutral in a matter of life and death to my people, to our people? For my own part I have made my choice. I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.”
Below is an excerpt of the second statement through Wikileaks of Mr. Eric Snowden issued in Russia, dated July 12th:
“I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: "Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring."
“Accordingly, I did what I believed right and began a campaign to correct this wrongdoing. I did not seek to enrich myself. I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.
“That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets.
“Since that time, the government and intelligence services of the United States of America have attempted to make an example of me, a warning to all others who might speak out as I have. I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression. The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists. It demanded Hong Kong return me outside of the framework of its laws, in direct violation of the principle of non-refoulement – the Law of Nations. It has threatened with sanctions countries who would stand up for my human rights and the UN asylum system. It has even taken the unprecedented step of ordering military allies to ground a Latin American president’s plane in search for a political refugee. These dangerous escalations represent a threat not just to the dignity of Latin America, but to the basic rights shared by every person, every nation, to live free from persecution, and to seek and enjoy asylum.
“Yet even in the face of this historically disproportionate aggression, countries around the world have offered support and asylum. These nations, including 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 refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation, they have earned the respect of the world. It is my intention to travel to each of these countries to extend my personal thanks to their people and leaders.
“I announce today my formal acceptance of all offers of support or asylum I have been extended and all others that may be offered in the future. With, for example, the grant of asylum provided by Venezuela’s President Maduro, my asylee status is now formal, and no state has a basis by which to limit or interfere with my right to enjoy that asylum. As we have seen, however, some governments in Western European and North American states have demonstrated a willingness to act outside the law, and this behavior persists today. This unlawful threat makes it impossible for me to travel to Latin America and enjoy the asylum granted there in accordance with our shared rights.
“This willingness by powerful states to act extra-legally represents a threat to all of us, and must not be allowed to succeed. Accordingly, I ask for your assistance in requesting guarantees of safe passage from the relevant nations in securing my travel to Latin America, as well as requesting asylum in Russia until such time as these states accede to law and my legal travel is permitted. I will be submitting my request to Russia today, and hope it will be accepted favorably.”
I do not know whether Mr. Obama is conscious of the apparent similarity of the cause being wage by Snowden and people like him to that of the struggle that fought passionately by Madiba!?
We all know the truth and that is the irrefutable fact that Mr. Obama and his government is the number one liar in this entire planet.
They professed to spread democracy, yet they are the number one interventionist country in the entire globe.
They claimed to be the land of the free and the brave, yet a great number of their people are imprisoned in a great poverty and deprivation and their braveness is only manifested though their so-called “Stand Your Ground” brouhaha!
They pretend to admire Madiba but what they are doing are all the very opposite of the principles and philosophy sanctioned and believe in by the great man.
Mr. Obama, you are a hypocrite of the highest order! At least, even if your Dubya is much idiotic than you, that creature is more open in his imperialistic designs and homicidal nature! Yet, it is beyond dispute that in the final analysis, you and that moron are one and the same! Shame!
President Mandela never ordered the South African military to bomb, invade and occupy another country.
There are no reports that Madiba ordered his military and intelligence officials to spy on their people.
There are no complaints that he ordered torture or abuse or humiliation of prisoners.
Hence, Mr. Obama, please don’t pretend to like and admire Madiba when in truth and in fact, you are a galaxy away from that great man.
To the U.S. government: stop preaching and lecturing the world how are we going to live our lives and conduct the sovereignty of our political existence.
You don’t own the world! We are the masters of our own fate! Mind your own business!
Stop spying on your people and stop invading other countries.
In the words of Morgan Beach, “The War on Whistleblowers and Journalism”, Exposing The Truth, June 16th:
“The war on whistleblowers is at an all time high. The Obama administration, using world war one espionage laws have cracked down and prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. This, in spite of the fact that it is both legal and lawful to expose illegal activity in government via the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) of 1989 which allowed for whistle blowing when he/she “reasonably believes evidences a violation of a law, rule or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.”
“But, we are not to worry as those responsible for such illegal activity and war on the first amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances...”
Below is an excerpt of the second statement through Wikileaks of Mr. Eric Snowden issued in Russia, dated July 12th:
“I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: "Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring."
“Accordingly, I did what I believed right and began a campaign to correct this wrongdoing. I did not seek to enrich myself. I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.
“That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets.
“Since that time, the government and intelligence services of the United States of America have attempted to make an example of me, a warning to all others who might speak out as I have. I have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression. The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists. It demanded Hong Kong return me outside of the framework of its laws, in direct violation of the principle of non-refoulement – the Law of Nations. It has threatened with sanctions countries who would stand up for my human rights and the UN asylum system. It has even taken the unprecedented step of ordering military allies to ground a Latin American president’s plane in search for a political refugee. These dangerous escalations represent a threat not just to the dignity of Latin America, but to the basic rights shared by every person, every nation, to live free from persecution, and to seek and enjoy asylum.
“Yet even in the face of this historically disproportionate aggression, countries around the world have offered support and asylum. These nations, including 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 refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation, they have earned the respect of the world. It is my intention to travel to each of these countries to extend my personal thanks to their people and leaders.
“I announce today my formal acceptance of all offers of support or asylum I have been extended and all others that may be offered in the future. With, for example, the grant of asylum provided by Venezuela’s President Maduro, my asylee status is now formal, and no state has a basis by which to limit or interfere with my right to enjoy that asylum. As we have seen, however, some governments in Western European and North American states have demonstrated a willingness to act outside the law, and this behavior persists today. This unlawful threat makes it impossible for me to travel to Latin America and enjoy the asylum granted there in accordance with our shared rights.
“This willingness by powerful states to act extra-legally represents a threat to all of us, and must not be allowed to succeed. Accordingly, I ask for your assistance in requesting guarantees of safe passage from the relevant nations in securing my travel to Latin America, as well as requesting asylum in Russia until such time as these states accede to law and my legal travel is permitted. I will be submitting my request to Russia today, and hope it will be accepted favorably.”
I do not know whether Mr. Obama is conscious of the apparent similarity of the cause being wage by Snowden and people like him to that of the struggle that fought passionately by Madiba!?
We all know the truth and that is the irrefutable fact that Mr. Obama and his government is the number one liar in this entire planet.
They professed to spread democracy, yet they are the number one interventionist country in the entire globe.
They claimed to be the land of the free and the brave, yet a great number of their people are imprisoned in a great poverty and deprivation and their braveness is only manifested though their so-called “Stand Your Ground” brouhaha!
They pretend to admire Madiba but what they are doing are all the very opposite of the principles and philosophy sanctioned and believe in by the great man.
Mr. Obama, you are a hypocrite of the highest order! At least, even if your Dubya is much idiotic than you, that creature is more open in his imperialistic designs and homicidal nature! Yet, it is beyond dispute that in the final analysis, you and that moron are one and the same! Shame!
President Mandela never ordered the South African military to bomb, invade and occupy another country.
There are no reports that Madiba ordered his military and intelligence officials to spy on their people.
There are no complaints that he ordered torture or abuse or humiliation of prisoners.
Hence, Mr. Obama, please don’t pretend to like and admire Madiba when in truth and in fact, you are a galaxy away from that great man.
To the U.S. government: stop preaching and lecturing the world how are we going to live our lives and conduct the sovereignty of our political existence.
You don’t own the world! We are the masters of our own fate! Mind your own business!
Stop spying on your people and stop invading other countries.
In the words of Morgan Beach, “The War on Whistleblowers and Journalism”, Exposing The Truth, June 16th:
“The war on whistleblowers is at an all time high. The Obama administration, using world war one espionage laws have cracked down and prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined. This, in spite of the fact that it is both legal and lawful to expose illegal activity in government via the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) of 1989 which allowed for whistle blowing when he/she “reasonably believes evidences a violation of a law, rule or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.”
“But, we are not to worry as those responsible for such illegal activity and war on the first amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances...”