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whistleblowers

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EMAILS: Independent experts say that internals must have leaked Hillary Clinton's secrets. The burglary and theft of e-mails in the Democrats' computer could not have happened from outside.
John Y. Jones -

The government did not strengthen whistleblower protection

NOTICE: The government did not follow up on the notification committee's proposal, neither about its own notification ombudsman nor its own notification committee.
Kari Breirem -

"Stink journalism" against whistleblowers

JOURNALISM: Professor Gisle Selnes writes that Harald Stanghelle's column in Aftenposten on 23 February 2020 «looks like a statement of support, [but] lies as a framework around the aggravated attack on Assange». He is right. But has Aftenposten always had this relationship with whistleblowers, as in the case of Edward Snowden?
John Y. Jones -

"A murderous system is being created"

ASSANGE: "If Julian Assange is convicted, a murderous system is about to arise right before our eyes. It will be the death knell for freedom of the press and the rule of law, "said Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
John Y. Jones -

Whistleblowers – People's Enemies?

UNSAFE: A vibrant democracy, a vibrant press, and the rule of law are linked and depend on whistleblowers being taken seriously. Ny Tid interviewed whistleblower and lawyer Kari Breirem, current with the book Promoting justice and preventing injustice – about corruption, legal security and whistleblowing.
John Y. Jones -

I'm Julian

ASSANGE: Ultimately, it is about the right and moral duty to expose war crimes.
John Y. Jones -

Assange and the free word

: The arrest of Assange is about an "arrest of democracy".
Ola Tunander -

Britain's hidden empire

Michael Oswald: The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

: The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2017) charts how the British elite has created a shockingly diverse economic system, through the creation of tax havens around the world. This is a movie all ordinary taxpayers should watch.
Nick Holdsworth -

A fit complete totalitarian dictatorship

: The technology that is needed to ensure that absolutely everything we do is observed already exists. That scares Snowden's lawyer Ben Wizner.
Tori Aarseth -

The knight of visibility

: The flow of the month for abo: The story of the whistleblower Hervé Falcani puts the finger on two central but conflicting values ​​in the information society.
Hilde Susan Jaegtnes -

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