Hong Kong Rally Calls for Government to Protect Snowden

Protesters blow whistles in solidarity

Protesters marched to Hong Kong's government headquarters demanding their leaders protect Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to the city after exposing a U.S. surveillance program.

About 200 people, some carrying banners saying "Protect Free Speech" and chanting slogans such as "NSA has no say," marched to the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong in the rain before making their way to the government building. Protesters blew whistles as a sign of solidarity with Snowden.

"We must not let anybody intervene, be it from Beijing or be it from Washington, because we have the rule of law," Albert Ho, a legislator from Hong Kong's Democratic Party, said to the protesting crowd. "Mr. Snowden should be given the right under our law to stay in Hong Kong."