Whistleblowers

The CIJ provides confidential and discreet support and advice to anyone considering alerting the public or the authorities to unethical, abusive, incompetent or criminal activities.

Blowing the Whistle
Before doing anything, read our guidance for whitleblowers and make sure you are protecting yourself.

Julian Assange - Guide to Whistleblowing
In this video, recorded especially for the CIJ, Julian Assange explains how potential whistleblowers should approach Wikileaks, friendly journalists and other outlets.

Daniel Ellsberg - Guide for Whistleblowers
Probably the most famous US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, released a top secret Pentagon history of the Vietnam War. In this video, recorded especially for the CIJ, he offers guidance to whistleblowers and talks about his reasons for going public and breaking the law.

Whistleblowers in the News

The Whistleblowers Club - FT article (pdf)
15 September 2012
The Financial Times recently ran a feature on whistleblowering, some of the people interviewed have spoken at previous CIJ Summer Schools.

CIJ Talks by Whistleblowers

Dr Phil Hammond GP: What's Wrong with the NHS?
At the 2012 Summer School Dr Phil Hammond GP spoke about whistleblowing as part of his keynote talk

The theme for the 2011 Summer School was whistleblowing and below are recordings of some of the talks.

Medical Whistleblowers
A panel discussion with Margaret Haywood, Eileen Chubb and Terry Bryan who talk about what it means to be a whistleblower in the medical profession.

WikiLeaks
Kristinn Hrafnsson, the spokesperson for Wikileaks was a keynote speaker at the school and has a close working knowledge of the plans, methods and structures of the organisation.

The Secret State and its Control of the Media
Former MI5 intel