Speaking to ABC News, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange criticized the U.S. for revoking Snowden’s passport but said no amount of government pressure can stop the publication of his leaks.

Julian Assange: “There is no stopping the publishing process at this stage. Great care has been taken to make sure that Mr. Snowden can’t be pressured by any state to stop the publication process. I mean, the United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment marooned in Russia. Is that really a great outcome by the State Department? Is that really what it wanted to do? I think that every citizen has the right to their citizenship. To take someone’s principal component of citizenship — their passport — away from them is a disgrace.”