The Czech Republic’s best known whistleblower, Libor Michálek, is teaming up with local and international activists to push for a long promised whistleblower protection law. Among the partners in the initiative are the Czech NGO WBcz and Blueprint for Free Speech (both Coalition members).

Michálek is a hero of rare notoriety, having exposed two huge scandals. In 1996 he disclosed an embezzlement scheme related to a tunneling project, and in 2010 he reported a scam to inflate a public water project by some €120 million and siphon the money to a political party. In 2012 Michálek was elected to the Czech Senate, where he continues to actively fight for whistleblower rights and protections.