Global Whistleblowers
Here you will find the latest news, stories, and cases involving international whistleblowers.
New Paper Refutes Arguments Against Implementation of Whistleblower Awards in the U.K.
In the midst of a renewed debate in the U.K. around offering monetary awards to whistleblowers who report corporate crimes, a newly published paper by leading whistleblower attorney and author Stephen M. Kohn revisits and refutes prior arguments made against...
Environmental Activists are Whistleblowers – Can They be Protected If India Expands Whistleblower Laws?
This is Part 4 of a WNN exclusive series “Protecting Whistleblowers is Key to Protecting Democracy in India” reporting on efforts within India to incorporate different categories of whistleblowers within a whistleblower protection law that is on the horizon. At the...
Telling the Truth Comes at a Cost for Indian Journalists and Human Rights Defenders – Could a Whistleblowing Framework Help?
This is Part 3 of a WNN exclusive series “Protecting Whistleblowers is Key to Protecting Democracy in India” reporting on efforts within India to incorporate different categories of whistleblowers within a whistleblower protection law that is on the horizon. At the...
Malaysia Plans to Offer Whistleblower Awards as Part of New Anti-Corruption Strategy
On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. The new strategy is an omnibus of five primary strategies—Education, Public Accountability, Voice, Enforcement,...
Indian Whistleblowers Fight to Preserve Right to Information as Third Modi Term Looms
This is Part 2 of a WNN exclusive series “Protecting Whistleblowers is Key to Protecting Democracy in India” reporting on efforts within India to incorporate different categories of whistleblowers within a whistleblower protection law that is on the horizon. On June...
The Story of India’s “First Whistleblower:” Stalled Progress in the Wake of Satyendra Dubey’s 2003 Murder
This is Part 1 of a WNN exclusive series "Protecting Whistleblowers is Key to Protecting Democracy in India" reporting on efforts within India to incorporate different categories of whistleblowers within a whistleblower protection law that is on the horizon. The...
WNN Exclusive Series: Whistleblowers Are at the Front Lines of India’s Defense of Democracy
In this exclusive series: "Protecting Whistleblowers is Key to Protecting Democracy in India," WNN reports on efforts within India to incorporate different categories of whistleblowers within a whistleblower protection law that is on the horizon. On June 1, polls in...
New Whistleblower Film Puts a Spotlight on South African Whistleblowers
Death of a Whistleblower, a film by South African director Ian Gabriel, is making headlines across film festivals and with African audiences. This high-energy political thriller follows investigative journalist Luyanda Masinda (Noxolo Dlamini), who, after witnessing her lover and fellow...
Whistleblower Receives $1.5 Million Award from Ontario Securities Commission
On February 27, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) issued a $1.5 million whistleblower award to an individual whose disclosure “allowed the OSC to act swiftly to protect investors from harm.” According to the OSC, the whistleblower “was an insider and...
Director of UK’s SFO Advocates for Whistleblower Awards
On February 13, Nick Ephgrave QPM gave his first public speech as Director of the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO), during which he expressed a desire to pay awards to financial fraud whistleblowers in the U.K. “I think we...
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