An exclusive Australian online conversation.Timor-Leste to win the upper hand in negotiations over oil and gas worth billions. When an intelligence officer known as Witness K decided to speak up, Bernard Collaery was the lawyer who stood with him. For that, Collaery was charged. He faced five offences under the Intelligence Services Act and four years of prosecution, much of it behind closed doors, in a courtroom the public was not allowed to enter. He refused to plead guilty. In 2022, the charges were dropped. He was never convicted.
About Whistleblower DiariesThis is the fourth instalment of a new exclusive series from the Information Rights Project. We bring the world's most consequential truth-tellers into direct conversation with Australian audiences.
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