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After more than two years behind bars, Australian whistleblower David McBride has been released on parole and is heading home to reunite with his daughters and beloved dog. The former army lawyer exposed defense documents about the Afghanistan war, revealing evidence that later confirmed war crimes had occurred.
Former military lawyer David McBride is walking free from prison after serving over two years for exposing what he believed was injustice in the military. The attorney-general granted parole to the whistleblower, who revealed he's battling early-stage lung cancer but remains hopeful about his future.
A health plan official caught New Jersey's largest insurer allegedly overcharging 750,000 state workers and families. Her courage led to a historic $100 million settlement that's changing how insurers operate.
When Arvind Gupta lost just $120 to a fake trading app, he didn't stay silent. His police complaint helped catch three scammers who had stolen over $108 million from 600 people.
A whistleblowing mayor in Thailand helped expose a fake birth certificate ring, leading to 50 revoked registrations and multiple arrests. His courage is protecting Thai identity systems and preventing fraud.
The man who exposed big tobacco's targeting of children in the 1990s believes recent court victories against Meta and YouTube mark a turning point. Jeffrey Wigand sees social media companies facing the same reckoning tobacco giants did decades ago.
A Chinese national who risked everything to secretly document human rights abuses in Xinjiang has been granted asylum in the United States. After facing possible deportation, Guan Heng's courage in exposing injustice finally earned him protection.
A young engineer trapped in a forced labor scam operation in Laos secretly gathered evidence and contacted a journalist to expose the billion-dollar criminal network. His brave decision to become a whistleblower from inside the compound helped shine a light on modern slavery operations that trap hundreds of thousands of workers.