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Whistleblower's Protection and Refugee Status Post Snowden's Revelations


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1 Maharaja’s College, Cochin, India
 

Edward Snowden attracted international attention after leaking millions of documents about electronic surveillance by the United States government has brought the spotlight back on the need to protect whistleblowers as well as the need to rethink the definition of who is a refugee, so that such whistleblowers and others can carry on normal life at least in a different country.

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Edward Snowden, Surveillance, Whistleblower, Refugee Status, Refugee Convention, Human Right, Political Asylum, Espionage.
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M. Shibi Kiran
Maharaja’s College, Cochin, India

Abstract


Edward Snowden attracted international attention after leaking millions of documents about electronic surveillance by the United States government has brought the spotlight back on the need to protect whistleblowers as well as the need to rethink the definition of who is a refugee, so that such whistleblowers and others can carry on normal life at least in a different country.

Keywords


Edward Snowden, Surveillance, Whistleblower, Refugee Status, Refugee Convention, Human Right, Political Asylum, Espionage.