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February 27, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online

Call for whistleblowing is not a crime: The case of a peace activist

The peace activist Hermann Theisen has been convicted by several lower courts for calling on employees of weapons manufacturers to expose illegal activities of their employers. EDRi observer Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights) supports him in his appeal procedures to get German courts to recognise that neither whistleblowing in the public interest […]