EU accused of ‘intimidating’ whistleblowers

EU Observer ^ | 13 Aug 2015 09:12 | Andrew Rettman

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Transparency International, a leading NGO, has accused EU law chiefs in Kosovo of “intimidation” of potential whistleblowers.

It spoke out on Tuesday (12 August) on the case of Maria Bamieh, a British prosecutor, who used to work for EULEX, the EU’s rule of law mission in Kosovo—the biggest and most expensive EU operation of its kind.

Bamieh, last year, lost her job amid a swirl of corruption allegations against EULEX. She then hired a UK law firm, Bindmans LLP, to hit back at the EU mission at the London Central Employment Tribunal, which is to hold its third hearing on the affair in September.

But EULEX reacted by threatening both Bamieh and her solicitor, Peter Daly, with prosecution inside Kosovo under Kosovo law if they approached any “non-parties” to her case for information, referring to EULEX officials who could testify as potential witnesses. …

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