Coronavirus Whistleblowers Archives - Government Accountability Project

Why Congress urgently needs to pass federal legislation to protect students and faculty from whistleblower retaliation

Why Congress urgently needs to pass federal legislation to protect students and faculty from whistleblower retaliation When schools opened across the U.S. amidst the ongoing pandemic, students and public school employees blew the whistle on life-threatening public health and safety practices that violated CDC regulations. In several cases this was met with retaliation. Some school employees and students have legal protections from retaliation, though the [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-01-06T10:13:29-05:00December 23rd, 2020|1st Amendment, Blog, Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Illegal Gag Orders, Public Health|

“And Then There Were None:” How the suppression of truth-tellers heightens the validity of their work

“And Then There Were None:” How the suppression of truth-tellers heightens the validity of their work By Abby Schneekloth On the morning of December 7, 2020, former COVID-19 data scientist Rebekah Jones found her home raided by ten armed Florida police officers. The justification for this search came from a tip from Jones’ former agency [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-12-15T10:27:23-05:00December 15th, 2020|Blog, Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Government Accountability, Police accountability, Scientific Integrity|

Press Statement: Government Accountability Project Condemns Attacks Against Former State COVID-19 Data Scientist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2020 Government Accountability Project Condemns Attacks Against Former State COVID-19 Data Scientist WASHINGTON – Yesterday, a former state COVID-19 data scientist faced retaliation after speaking up for scientific integrity. CNN reported that about ten Florida police officers raided Rebekah Jones’s home – a Florida Department of Health data scientist who [...]

Meagan Platt2020-12-15T10:30:27-05:00December 8th, 2020|Coronavirus, Coronavirus Whistleblowers, Press|

Northeast Valley News: Former ICE nurse alleges forced sterilizations on detained female immigrants, recalling America’s own dark history of eugenics—U.S. to investigate

Former ICE nurse alleges forced sterilizations on detained female immigrants, recalling America’s own dark history of eugenics—U.S. to investigate This article features Government Accountability Project and our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A former ICE nurse, Dawn Wooten, who worked for the Irwin County Detention Center, alleged that a physician was performing [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-11-30T13:21:45-05:00November 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, Investigations, Public Health|

Facing South: ICE sterilizations in Georgia evoke tragic chapters in South’s history

ICE sterilizations in Georgia evoke tragic chapters in South's history This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. It's been two months since a whistleblower complaint revealed allegations of nonconsensual hysterectomies being performed on people held in the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-11-20T11:11:58-05:00November 20th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, Investigations, National Security & Human Rights, Public Health|

Fairplanet: ‘THE UTERUS COLLECTOR’: END FORCED STERILISATION OF INMATES AND ABOLISH ICE

‘THE UTERUS COLLECTOR’: END FORCED STERILISATION OF INMATES AND ABOLISH ICE This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. A whistleblower complaint filed in September by a nurse who worked at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Ocilla, Georgia indicates that multiple women held at that carceral facility were subjected [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-11-04T11:26:01-05:00November 4th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, Government Accountability, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

The Nation: The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia

The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. “This place is hell…. My experience was darkness, dirtiness, muddiness. The floors—dirty. The walls—dirty. Everything was dirty.” In 2019, Jaromy Floriano Navarro was sent to the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T15:31:34-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

11 Alive: Rep. Hank Johnson provides more details on allegations at Irwin County ICE detention center

Rep. Hank Johnson provides more details on allegations at Irwin County ICE detention center This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. ATLANTA — Rep. Hank Johnson is holding a virtual press conference this morning to "address the disturbing allegations" that a doctor serially performed unwanted and unnecessary gynecological surgeries on migrant women [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T15:19:48-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, Federal Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Marie Claire: Forced Sterilizations Are America’s Best-Kept Secret

Forced Sterilizations Are America's Best-Kept Secret This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. Over the past decade, award-winning director Erika Cohn has investigated a horrific abuse that's one of America's best-kept secrets: forced sterilization. The procedure, considered a form of modern-day eugenics that's historically been associated with Nazi Germany and [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T15:12:35-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, Government Accountability, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|

Jezebel: Report Finds 19 Women at ICE Detention Center Were Subject to Aggressive Gynecological Treatments Without Consent

Report Finds 19 Women at ICE Detention Center Were Subject to Aggressive Gynecological Treatments Without Consent This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here. In September of this year, Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia came forward as a whistleblower accusing the Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention center [...]

Abby Schneekloth2020-10-30T14:46:40-04:00October 30th, 2020|Coronavirus Whistleblowers, ICE Detention, Immigration, In The News, National Security & Human Rights|