Hong Kong organisers expect 200 to march in support for Snowden

[struggle4progress]

Organisers expect 200 activists.. to join a march today in support of whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who is in hiding in Hong Kong.

The protest ... will see the activists march to the US consulate .. before continuing to the government headquarters .. where the .. demonstration is expected to conclude ...

Pressure groups have joined forces with a "Support Snowden" campaign after he revealed in Hong Kong that he was behind a series of leaks exposing the US government's collecting of private internet and telephone data, as well as extensive hacking by Washington.

In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post this week, Snowden said he was prepared to put his fate in the hands of the city's people and its legal system ...

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1261081/hong-kong-organisers-expect-200-march-support-snowden

[JI7]

1. isn't that something, and they have posters showing Obama as Big Brother

and Snowden is the hero.

it really does remind me of 1984 .