“Those who disclose human rights violations should be protected, we need them,” Pillay told a news conference.
“I see some of it here in the case of Snowden, because his revelations go to the core of what we are saying about the need for transparency, the need for consultation,” she said. “We owe a great deal to him for revealing this kind of information.”
“As a former judge I know that if he is facing judicial proceedings we should wait for that outcome,” she said. But she added that Snowden should be seen as a “human rights defender”.
“I am raising right here some very important arguments that could be raised on his behalf so that these criminal proceedings are averted,” she said.
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