In Their Own Words — Edwards
Posted June 15, 2015
— “We have represented many whistleblowers in the UN system over the years and in general the more serious the disclosure they make the more ferocious the retaliation. Despite the official rhetoric, there is very little commitment at the top of the organization to protect whistleblowers and a strong tendency to politicize every issue no matter how urgent.”
Bea Edwards, from the whistleblower watchdog group the Government Accountability Project, on the UN’s treatment of whistleblower Anders Kompass which “is little more than a witch-hunt against someone who sought to protect children.” Click here for more.
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