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Fears of ‘significant deterrent’ for whistleblowers as top EU court quashes Lux Leaks case
Europe’s top human rights court has rejected an appeal brought by a whistleblower who was fined by a Luxembourg court for revelations that helped expose industrial-scale tax dodging. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Luxembourg’s conviction of former PwC employee, Raphaël Halet, did not violate his right to freedom of expression. Two dissenting judges warned, however, that the ruling’s support for the Grand Duchy and for accounting giant PwC will deter future disclosures of valuable information. In 2016, Halet was found guilty of theft and violating Luxembourg’s secrecy laws after he downloaded tax records from a work computer that showed how companies like Apple, Amaz

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