Global Whistleblowers

We just received a lovely visit from Keiko Nagai Ito and Tomoshige Nakamura of CrossIndex Corp. The are reviewing whistleblower protection laws from around the world in preparation of Japan's 2011 review of its Whistleblower Protection Act.  Pictured here are...

Iceland’s economy has been ravaged by the international financial crisis. Rage against corruption sparked protests.  Iceland's legislature is now trying to resurrect their economy by ensuring that citizens will have free speech rights that will spur economic growth. On February...

Strong whistleblowing mechanisms are recommended as the best way to stop corruption and ensure that humanitarian aid gets where it needs to go.

In its March issue, Harpers Magazine challenges the official and widely reported story that three prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay committed suicide in an act of "asymmetrical warfare." The article, written by Scott Horton, is based largely on observations...

Satish Shetty — who exposed many land scams in Maharashtra, India — was stabbed to death with swords on Wednesday during is morning walk.  Shetty, age 38, was a "Right to Information" (RTI) activist who began exposing corrupt land deals...

A court in Rangoon, Burma, has sentenced two government employees to death for leaking information about official visits to North Korea and Russia. The Democratic Voice of Burma reports that Win Naing Kyaw and Thura Kyaw now face execution. The...

On Monday, Israeli authorities arrested famed nuclear whistleblower Mordechi Vanunu on a charge that he met with a foreigner in violation of the conditions of his release from prison in 2004.  CCTV provides video of Vanunu's attorney saying that the...

The African Press Agency reports that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued an Executive Order to protect anyone who discloses information about actions of impropriety against the public interest that is occurring, has occurred, or will occur in any public...

My counterpart in Indonesia, Emerson Yuntho, has been swept up in a flurry of police activity associated with the Third Conference of State Parties (CoSP) of the United Nation Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).  I just met Emerson last month when...

MacCharles, Tonda, Richard Colvin: Portrait of a whistleblower, theStar.com, November 21, 2009. Talk to people who know Richard Colvin and a few key traits emerge. Driven, committed to Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Knows his stuff. Takes copious notes. Sociable, yet...