Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01515 · Session 4

Asylum in Scotland to Glasgow University Rector Edward Snowden

Closed Submitted 3 Mar 2014 People & Communities
Signatures
100
70 online signatures with a country
Comments
3
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to offer political asylum to Glasgow University's elected student Rector, Edward Snowden, in the event of a majority 'Yes' vote in the independence referendum in September.

What the petitioner did first

I have written to Ministers of the Scottish Government asking that they offer Edward Snowden asylum in the event of a majority for independence in the September referendum. The matter has been raised in face to face discussions with two Scottish Government Ministers, Mike Russell and Humza Yousaf, who have declined to support the aims of this petition.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 20 May 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 28 Oct 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

70 online signatures
  1. Scotland42 60%
  2. United Kingdom12 17.1%
  3. England5 7.1%
  4. Ireland3 4.3%
  5. Palestinian Territory1 1.4%
  6. Canada1 1.4%
  7. France1 1.4%
  8. Israel1 1.4%
  9. Greece1 1.4%
  10. Russian Federation1 1.4%
  11. 2 other countries2 2.9%

Comments

3 comments, oldest first
  1. Geoff Craig 13 Mar 2014
    After 5 attempts I finally was able to read the cryptogram. Nigh impossible for humans.
  2. frank gillingham 19 Mar 2014
    Where is the "Box Belopw"?
  3. Moderator 20 Mar 2014
    Frank Gillingham
    - it is the box directly underneath the Captcha text in which you should re-type the words or numbers in the Captcha challenge, the rectangular box with 'Type the text' in.