28 minutes agoFormer EULEX Kosovo prosecutor wins trial against British government, owed to pay close to half a million
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Former EULEX prosecutor in Kosovo Maria Bamieh has won her court case with the British government, with which he has reached judicial agreement to get no less than 423 thousand pounds, reports The Guardian, Pryskopi follows. Bamieh, at the time she worked as a prosecutor in EULEX, she had been alarmed about allegations of corruption within [...]
Bamieh, at the time she worked as a prosecutor in EULEX, she had been alarmed about allegations of corruption within this international mission.
However, government officials told her to ignore the visible evidence of the secret agreement in the EU's mission of rule of law, EULEX.
At that time, she had her contract cut.
Bamieh was working in Kosovo as international prosecutor for EULEX when it first raised its concerns in mid 2012.
Eulex had cost more than 1 billion euros (703m) to be created by the EU, with a promise to track down the large “counterweight” among Kosovo politicians allegedly involved in organised crime.
Bamieh, who had dealt with war crimes and organised crime, told the court that a failure by FCDO to support and intervene led to the completion of her employment at FCDO in late 2014.
For the first time since the solution, Bamieh for Guardian said she should have been praised for exposing evidence of corruption, but instead she was mistreated and forced to leave.
“I believe that I should have been commended and supported by the FCDO for raising my concerns about possible corruption within EULEX and the treatment I received later, but instead I felt abandoned,” she said.
