How Long Can Edward Snowden Stay in Hong Kong?

[The appalling treatment of previous whistle-blower Bradley Manning] could make Hong Kong judges less willing to accept any U.S. request for extradition [of Edward Snowden]. “The Hong Kong authorities have a consistent practice of not removing or extraditing individuals who fear political persecution in their home countries,” says Kelley Loper, an assistant professor of law at the University of Hong Kong who specializes in international human rights and refugee law, in an email.