Professor Marianna Fotaki of University of Warwick and Professor Iain Munro of University of Newcastle organised a workshop on retaliation experienced especially by government, intelligence and national-security whistleblowers who enjoy few legal protections.

The aim of the workshop was to bring together whistleblowers, journalists and academics to discuss the threats such attitudes pose to democracy and societal institutions, and propose ways for counteracting these. Speakers and panelists included GCHQ whistleblower and anti-war activist Katharine Gun, journalist Mark Curtis, journalist Martin Bright and Professor Kate Kenny, Professor Dave Lewis and Dr Justin Schlosberg. See Professor Iain Munro's power point presentation: Whistleblowing, Human Rights and Activism.