Aleksandar Obradović (whistleblower)
Serbian whistleblower (born 1979)
Aleksandar Obradović (born March 2, 1979) is a Serbian whistleblower who leaked documents which revealed corruption and fraud inside of a state-owned company Krušik Valjevo. He was arrested on 18 September 2019 on his workplace for charges of espionage and was transferred to central prison in Belgrade. His arrest triggered multiple protests across Serbia. On 14 October 2019 decision by Belgrade high court was made by which he was released from prison and sentenced to house arrest. After multiple protests and public pressure Obradović was released from house arrest on 18 December 2019. Investigation against him is still ongoing but there has been no indictment. French branch of Amnesty International called Obradović "Serbian Snowden" He is currently unemployed as his suspension from Krušik hasn't been lifted.
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Aleksandar Obradović was born on 2 March 1979 in Valjevo one year after his parents moved from Tutin. His father worked in factory Srbijanka and his mother got a job in Krušik Valjevo in 1980. Both of his parents finished universities.
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