Whistleblower Retaliation

Herve Falciani, an ex-employee of HSBC's (HSBA.L) Geneva private bank who leaked information on clients and their tax situation, said he would not attend his trial next week on charges of breaking Swiss bank secrecy rules.Falciani said on Wednesday he would be willing to explain his position to a court in another country, for example the European Court of Human Rights. "I won't do it in Switzerland where the conditions for a just and fair trial are, in my opinion, not met," Falciani told a news conference that was webcast from the French town of Divonne-les-Bains near the Swiss border.

NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden has slammed a critical new report by the US House intelligence committee, which claims his leaking of classified documents and government intelligence programmes caused “tremendous damage” to national security.

The US government filed espionage charges against Edward Snowden for leaking intelligence information A former top government law official has said that NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by triggering a debate over surveillance techniques.

Edward Snowden has called for “iron-clad” protections for Whistleblowers at the US National Security Agency after the former head of the Whistleblower department revealed the dangerous situation people put themselves in when deciding to reveal the truth.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for greater protection for whistleblowers who leak information in the public interest.

Two whistleblowers have been found guilty in the so-called Luxleaks tax scandal, which put Jean-Claude Junker under pressure on his first weeks as president of the European Commission.

British Foreign Secretary Hammond rejects the UN report about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In the panel are sitting laity, not lawyers.

Since June 2012 Julian Assange is stuck in London Embassy of Ecuador. The WikiLeaks founder hides there since then without a break in the building of the Embassy. He lives on 20 square meters and can not leave the house - otherwise he risks being arrested.

Julian Assange lived for more than three years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. For UN legal experts is the "arbitrary detention" - they demand compensation for the WikiLeaks founder.

Julian Assange hides in London for years - now there seems to be some movement in the spectacular case of the WikiLeaks founder. Is and why he leaves his exile?