A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew... Click here to read more.
[TI] "Inadequate laws expose whistleblowers and impede fight against corruption," December 3, 2009.
Most of the 10 European countries included in a new report by Transparency International (TI) lack adequate laws to protect whistleblowers who often take risks and brave possible sanctions to expose wrongdoing, including corruption. Click here to read more.
[Malta] Flores, Charles, "Whistling in the dark and blowing in the wind," The Malta Independent Online, December 3, 2009.
There must have been people who, like me, were left speechless by the Prime Minister's description, on RTL Radio last week, of a whistleblower. Rather than the welcome tome of admiration and the soothing assurance of protection one is... Click here to read more.
[Canada] Bron, Ian, "Colvin is indeed a whistleblower," Ottawa Citizen, December 1, 2009.
On Saturday on this page, Amir Attaran and Gar Pardy came to the defence of Richard Colvin, the diplomat who testified to a parliamentary committee that he had warned senior government official about the torture of Afghan detainees. Click here to read more.
[Australia] "Teacher bullied to keep quiet on problem schools," news.com.au, November 30, 2009.
The Queensland Opposition said whisteblowing teachers were being bullied by other teacher to keep problems in schools quiet. New figures released by the State Government showed the number of complaints of bullying and aggressive behavior... Click here to read more.
[China] Ang, Ben Lim Chiow, "It takes courage to be a whistle blower," China Daily, November 30, 2009.
What action would you take if you discovered your superior was abusing their position? All too often it's a case of damn if you do and damn if you don't. Blowing the whistle might put your own rice bowl at stake, by keeping silent comes with... Click here to read more.
[South Africa] Hamlyn, Michael, "AA whistleblower safe," iafrica.com, December 1, 2009.
The managing engineer of the power system control section at the Tshwane municipality, Jaco Weyers, who refuged to appoint affirmative action candidates after they did poorly in their job selection tests, has been protected by a court decision... Click here to read more.
[UK] "Whistleblower secures £442k in compensation," Russel Jones & Walker, November 24, 2009.
A former local authority employee who suffered harassment and was sacked after complaining about a new management appointment has been awarded a payout of £442,466. Click here to read more.
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