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The Publeaks Projects Free Press Unlimited The Publeaks projects Free from surveillance Free from intimidation Free from threats Free from interference Free from censorship Free from reprisals Free from obstruction Free from torture Free from corruption Free from repercussions Free from violence Free from propaganda Free from deception Free from ... Free Press Unlimited The Publeaks projects Free Press Unlimited The Publeaks projects Nigerian certifcates Unaoil Leak Certifcate scandal that Cache of emails dating from caused shock and outrage 2001 to 2012 sent within amongst many Nigerians. Unaoil revealed that Unaoil’s Published by Premium Times operatives bribed offcials in April 2018, via Leaks.ng. in oil-producing nations in order to win govern- Barbie’s records ment-funded projects. Unauthorised viewings of Published by Fairfax Media medical records of a Dutch in 2016. hospitalized celebrity. Published by EenVandaag in Ochoa corruption scandal April 2018, via Publeaks NL. Documents indicating —> p.81 Mexico’s anti-corruption president Enrique Ochoa Paradise Papers privately accepting improper A set of confdential payments from a public electronic documents entity. Published by several related to offshore invest- news outlets in September ments, created by legal 2016, via Mexicoleaks. frm Appleby. Published by —> p.53 The Süddeutsche Zeitung in November 2017. Destruction documents Documents involving the Killer contracts systematic destruction of an Illegal contracts to dereg- area of archaeological impor- ister students from the tance and the collusion of the central exams to raise the authorities that had granted school’s average results. construction permits in Valle Published by de Volkskrant de Bravo, west of Mexico in July or August 2017, via City. Published by several Publeaks NL. —> p.41 platforms in March 2016, via Mexicoleaks. —> p.63 Election leak WhatsApp group conver- Highway to hell sation in which offcials Federal Roads and Bridges from the Health Institute of laid the foundations of the the State of Mexico were tender for the company organizing brigades to rally Redisegno, which was votes for Del Mazo, the PRI supposed to offer cyber- candidate. Published by security services, but did several news outlets in not install the systems. May 2017, via Mexicoleaks. Published by several news —> p.31 outlets in January 2016, via Mexicoleaks. —> p.13 Football Leaks Documents including Swiss Leaks contracts, e-mails and Giant tax evasion scheme spreadsheets containing allegedly operated with information about tax the knowledge and encour- avoidance by several football agement of the British multi- stars. Published by several national bank HSBC via news outlets in December its Swiss subsidiary, HSBC 2016. Private Bank (Suisse). Published by CBS in 2015. Free Press Unlimited Stichting Free Press Unlimited ABOUT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND THE ROLE OF PUBLEAKS A. Publeaks is a failsafe when 7 legal protections fail Leon Willems, Free Press Unlimited B. Why laws to protect whistleblowers 49 matter for us Anna Myers, Whistleblowing International Network C. Whistleblowers are essential for 89 informed citizens and vital democracies Antoine Deltour, LuxLeaks whistleblower 3 The Publeaks projects THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES 1. Leaking news to get revenge 13 Eduard Martín-Borregón, RindeCuentas Homero CamPa, Proceso 2. A case that smells on all fronts 21 Annemieke van Dongen, BN DeStem Sander van Mersbergen, BN DeStem 3. Whistleblowing platforms at election time 31 Sebastián Barragán Hidalgo, Aristegui Noticias Mathieu Tourliere, Proceso 4. How a Publeaks tip can lead to 41 a different story Kaya Bouma, de Volkskrant 5. Méxicoleaks is not a vehicle for politics 53 Claudia Ocaranza, Animal Político Nayeli Roldan, Animal Político 6. A Leak that prevented the destruction 63 of pre-Hispanic ruins Celia Guerrero, Periodistas de a Pie 7. Suppose it is true: Krol fails to pay 71 his own pensions Jeroen Trommelen, Investico 8. Publeaks on snooping into medical records 81 Jan Born, EenVandaag Lotte KuiPers, EenVandaag 4 Free Press Unlimited 5 The Publeaks projects A. Publeaks helps whistleblowers when legal protections fail Leon Willems, Free Press Unlimited 6 Free Press Unlimited PERSONALIA It is the early morning of Wednesday, December 20, 2017. Busloads of peoPle get ready to visit EuroPe’s largest underground Christmas fair. The Name Leon Willems annual fair in a cave system in Valkenburg, in the southern tip of the Netherlands, is poPular with Biography visitors from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Leon Willems (1961) was As of December 2008 Radio and farther afeld. The market has earned the city of aPPointed Director of Free Dabang is broadcasting Press Unlimited in May 2011. daily, indePendent news for Valkenburg the title ‘EuroPean City of Christmas’. Before this, he served as the peoPle in Darfur, Sudan. Director of Press Now. At the same time as the visitors get ready to enter His leadership and vision Leon Willems believes the cave, EenVandaag, a prominent current affairs have contributed to Free that media are crucial tools Program that airs on television daily during prime Press Unlimited becoming for democracy building one of the leading press and contribute to the time hours, publishes Life threatening situation freedom organisations of develoPment of society in Christmas market-caves. The major of today. The organisation as a whole. Bringing Valkenburg has for years ignored warnings by is active in more than 30 indePendent media to the the fre department. Should fre breaks out at the countries, focusing on PeoPle is the princiPle aim underground Christmas market, it’s visitors are confict reporting, safety of his work. for journalists, investigative traPPed like rats in a cage. EenVandaag was able journalism, gender and to bring this revelation after a whistleblower youth and media. contacted its newsroom via Publeaks NL. During the nineties, The revelations about the Christmas market- Leon Willems held several Positions at Ikon Television, caves have had several cascading effects. Firstly, a small broadcaster newsrooms around the country and abroad Picked sPecialized in war rePorting up on the press release instantly, to warn the and social documentaries. hundreds of thousands of visitors from home and For years he was the Producer of imPortant news abroad that visit the caves every year. Secondly, stories about the Middle- EenVandaag prominently highlighted both the east and Sub Saharan Africa. indisPensable role of the whistleblower and Between 2004-2007 Willems Publeaks NL in its broadcast and publication. worked for the United In the weeks that followed, both EenVandaag and Nations, setting up indePendent radio stations other particiPating newsrooms are able to bring in South Sudan. In 2008 he additional high-profle stories based on whistle- initiated the Radio Dabanga blower tiP-offs. Thirdly, local administrators have Project in partnership with promised to re-evaluate fre safety at the journalists, NGO’s and Christmas fair. A decision on permits and decision Peace grouPs. making processes is exPected ahead of next year’s fair. 9 The Publeaks projects Public interest whistleblowing is indisPensable media and its audiences in the Netherlands. for strong and indePendent watchdog media. Méxicoleaks has rekindled a solidarity among Without whistleblowers, the stories documented its member newsrooms, and an urgency to in this book — about corruPtion and election publish and fnd strength in numbers. Leaks.ng tamPering in Mexico, about exam fraud and has created a platform for Nigerian newsrooms Privacy breaches in the Netherlands — would to jointly advocate for stronger whistleblower never see the light of day. All too often, journalists Protection. To particiPating newsrooms, and their sources are subjected to violence. The Indonesialeaks is a common banner to rally PerPetrators of this violence continue to threaten Public suPPort for whistleblowing. indePendent watchdog journalism with imPunity. While protection for journalists and their sources But the backbone of these initiatives is the is imPerative, Publeaks is a technological failover Provision of a service to journalists and their for whistleblowers in countries where sources sources: to connect whistleblowers and their don’t enjoy or trust legal protections offered by stories of corruPtion and abuse of power the state. to professional media and their audiences. Publeaks provides a public service — protection With Publeaks, Free Press Unlimited enables for whistleblowers and journalists — that is whistleblowers to contact journalists privately the resPonsibility of governments. But sadly, and anonymously. Whistleblowers can choose around the world, more often than not, this to remain the unsung heroes behind imPortant service is consPicuously absent. Publications, because a story is too exPlosive, the environment too violent to be named as the source. Journalists gain the tools to safely conduct online investigations, and access to information that would otherwise have been kePt from the public. Free Press Unlimited chooses to work with professional media: investigative journalists are uniquely trained to objectively balance access to information with the public interest. The stories in this anthology document the bravery of whistleblowers, the resilience of journalists, and the proPensity of information to always reach the public. Each platform adaPts to the local environment. Publeaks NL has closed the gap between the 10 Free Press Unlimited 11 The Publeaks projects
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