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International Whistleblower News (October 19)

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Yongjin Chang

[Canada] Perreaux, Les and Rhéal Séguin, “Montreal Mafia controls 80 percent of road contracts, whistleblower says,” The Globe and Mail, October 15, 2009.

The alleged plans for fixing bids among Montreal construction companies known as the “Fabulous Fourteen” were passed along by telephone, often using a code based on golf. Click here to read more.

[Azerbaijan] “Whistleblower released from psychiatric hospital,” International Freedom of Expression eXchange, October 14, 2009.

Mahammad Gurbanov, a 55-year-old resident of Nakhchivan City who was placed in a psychiatric hospital by police on 11 September 2009, was released on World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, after 29 days in detention. Click here to read more.

 

[UK] Smith, Lewis, “High Court reinstates nurse who exposed neglect,” The Independent, October 13, 2009.

A nurse who was struck off the register for blowing the whistle on unacceptably low standards of care for elderly patients has won her fight for re-instatement. Margaret Haywood secretly filmed patients at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton to show they were being neglected. Click here to read more.

Previous post about Margaret Haywood in NWC blog

[UK] Butler, Patrick, “Sharon Shoesmith lawyers demand Ofsted docements,” Guardian.co.uk, October 12, 2009.

Lawyers acting for the sacked Haringey children's boss Sharon Shoesmith have demanded that Ofsted release key documents that would shed light on claims that it deliberately "manipulated" performance data in the wake of the Baby Peter furore. Click here to read more.

[Australia] Skinner, Jo, “Commissioner rejects police whistleblower’s bullying allegations,” ABC News, October 12, 2009.

Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson has rejected a Sunshine Coast officer's claims of corruption and bullying within the force. Sergeant Robbie Munn says he has been ordered off work for 18 months and told to see a psychiatrist after he campaigned against cronyism at the Maroochydore police station. Click here to read more.

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International Whistleblower News

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Yongjin Chang

[Australia] Thompson, Tuck, “Police whistleblower sent home, told to see psychiatrist, Couriermail.com.au, October 12, 2009.

 A veteran officer who has exposed cronyism and corruption in the police force has been ordered off work even though his doctor says he is fit for duty. Sergeant Robbie Munn – who wants to resume his decorated 30-year career – says the service has a culture that deters whistleblowers from reporting "dirty little secrets". The police force claims Sgt Munn, who has fully recovered from heart surgery, requires psychiatric help and has ordered him off the job for 18 months. Click here to read more.

[UK] Bowen, Innes, “Whistleblower says Army abuse not investigated,” BBC News, October 11, 2009.

Three High Court judges ruled that RMP Deputy Provost Marshal Colonel Dudley Giles "lacked reliability" when he gave evidence to an inquiry into claims UK soldiers mistreated and murdered prisoners. A whistleblower has told the BBC he was not surprised when he heard the judges' comments. Click here to read more.

[UK] Curtis, Polly, Rachel Williams and Allegra Stratton, “Ofsted accused of manipulating Haringey report after Baby P,” Guardian.co.uk., October 9, 2009.

A leading MP demanded an inquiry after a whistleblower at Ofsted claimed an official report into Haringey council was secretly downgraded from “good” to “inadequate” because of the furore over the death of Baby Peter. Documents seen by the Guardian show Ofsted's initial 2008 report into Haringey children's services, then run by Sharon Shoesmith, gave it high ratings – three or four out of the maximum of four stars – in most categories. But in the key category it was later changed to one star – the worst, meaning its services were inadequate. Click here to read more.

 

[Canada] Keller, James, “Whistleblower website invites online leaks, raises legal and ethical questions,” October 8, 2009.

Will the post-first, ask-questions-later attitude fuelling much of online citizen journalism open new doors for government insiders and other whistleblowers to tell what they know on the Internet? Maybe it already has. Wikileaks.org says it guarantees anonymity for anyone submitting secret documents. It offers hundreds of thousands of so-called leaks for the public and journalists to see. An offshoot of Wikipedia started more than two years ago by an international group of activists and journalists, Wikileaks has posted several notable leaks, including uncensored operating manuals for the infamous U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. Click here to read more.

[UN] Lee, Matthew Russel, “UN Denies Galbraith’s a Whistleblower, Told Him to Be Quiet about Bias pro-Karzai,” Inner City, October 7, 2009.

With the UN facing charges of bias and cover up of fraud in Afghanistan, Wednesday in New York the UN presented no fewer than three officials to the Press corps, all intent on rebutting and bad mouthing the UN's fired deputy envoy Peter Galbraith. The Department of Peacekeeping Operation's second in command Edmond Mulet said the Galbraith has "personal motives" for going public with his complaints that main envoy Kai Eide has been covering up electoral irregularities in the service of Hamid Karzai. Inner City Press asked Mulet to describe how Galbraith has hired for the job, and why these personal motives, or propensity to be a loose cannon, had not been discovered at the time. Click here to read more.

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