Rights officials in Russia go to meet Snowden

About a dozen Russian human rights activists, lawyers and political figures were ushered into a section of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport on Friday to meet with Edward Snowden, the leaker of US National Security Agency secrets.

Snowden is believed to have been stuck in the airport's transit zone since arriving from Hong Kong on June 23, as he negotiates for asylum in another country. (AP)