Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are cases in point where corrupt systems will not let whistle-blowers rear their head. India is also home to victimisation of whistle-blowers, whether it’s corporate or government. He was able to achieve this only because he took protection of the US whistle-blowers’ protection programme. In 2014, the amendments to the Whistleblowers Protection Act were passed in the Lok Sabha. Whistle-blowers who suffered:Satyendra Dubey: He exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral Project.

Source: dna October 24, 2016 02:26 UTC