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Leaks, press freedom and state surveillance: is this our fight?

5 November 2013 in Accountability, Civil society, Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Technology, Whistleblowing

Ever since the Wikileaks debate came to the fore, I have been wondering to what extent we, as Transparency International, should be taking a stand on the issue of Wikileaks, and what that stand should be. On the one hand we stand for transparency, principally because we are an anti-corruption organisation and transparency is one […]

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Paying a high price for transparency – journalists under fire

21 February 2012 in Anti-corruption movement, People power

For two decades, Sri Lankan journalist Poddala was renowned for exposing corruption in health, education and transport. He uncovered one of his country’s biggest ever tax scams. That was until he was abducted and brutally beaten. His fingers on his right hand were crushed and burned severely, making him another tragic example of the brutal […]

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