Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström has hit out at the United Nations over its temporary suspension of Swedish whistleblower Anders Kompass.
Kompass was put on administrative leave in April this year for leaking a report to France about alleged child abuse by French soldiers sent to the Central African Republic in 2014.
The controversial suspension of the Swedish whistleblower stirred debate across the globe a UN tribunal ordered the diplomat's reinstatement last month.
Sweden's foreign minister, who is currently in Johannesburg to speak at a meeting of the African Union, slammed the organization for its handling of the case in an interview with Swedish public broadcaster SVT late on Sunday.
“It hurts the credibility of the entire UN when something like this happens. You could question the whole treatment of the case in Geneva and the way they have handled Anders Kompass,” she said. Full story...
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Kompass was put on administrative leave in April this year for leaking a report to France about alleged child abuse by French soldiers sent to the Central African Republic in 2014.
The controversial suspension of the Swedish whistleblower stirred debate across the globe a UN tribunal ordered the diplomat's reinstatement last month.
Sweden's foreign minister, who is currently in Johannesburg to speak at a meeting of the African Union, slammed the organization for its handling of the case in an interview with Swedish public broadcaster SVT late on Sunday.
“It hurts the credibility of the entire UN when something like this happens. You could question the whole treatment of the case in Geneva and the way they have handled Anders Kompass,” she said. Full story...
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