Protect whistleblowers

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the CIA’s torture programme, is serving a 30-month prison sentence.

Robert Green, who has campaigned to protect children from high-level abusers in Aberdeenshire, is under house arrest.

Abuse victim Melanie Shaw, who alerted authorities to abuse and child deaths in a Nottinghamshire children’s home, is serving a three-year community order.