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Whistleblower protection in 2026: the gap between law and reality 

People around the world risk their careers, finances and personal wellbeing to expose corruption, fraud, environmental harm and other wrongdoing. Yet despite real progress in whistleblower protection laws, many who speak up still face retaliation. Each year on World Whistleblowers Day, 23 June, the same question returns: if more countries have legal protections, why do so many whistleblowers remain unprotected?