Court rules on retaliation against Moldavian whistleblower
By Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on 27th February 2018 that retaliation measures against a whistleblower by the state of Moldova amounted to violation of freedom of expression according to Article 10 of the European Convention.
Building of the European Court of Human Rights (photo: CherryX)
Whistleblower Iacob Guja was dismissed in 2003 from the position of the Head of the Press Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office. His disclosures, alleging that a political leader was putting pressure on police officials in the prosecutor’s office had been published in newspaper articles.
Following an ECtHR judgement in 2008, which found…
