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NGOs: Austria trying to punish 'Ibizagate' whistleblower
By EUobserver
Austria's prosecution of Julian Hessenthaler, a German security guard who leaked a video exposing corruption in the far-right FPÖ party in the 'Ibizagate' scandal in 2019, was an attack on whistleblowers in Europe in general, a coalition of 15 NGOs, including Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International, has said. "He is being made an example of to deter potential future informers," Thomas Lohninger, from Austrian digitial-rights NGO epicenter.works said.