Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government

<p>Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/18/kabul-afghanistan-animal-airlift-whistleblower-employment-tribunal">‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airlift</a></li></ul><p>A civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Boris Johnson’s involvement in a decision to evacuate a pet charity from Kabul has won her case for unfair dismissal against the government in a legal first.</p><p>An employment panel of three judges unanimously found the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) unfairly dismissed Josie Stewart in 2021 after she leaked information in the public interest.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/18/kabul-evacuation-whistleblower-wins-case-against-uk-government">Continue reading...</a>