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The European Court of Human Rights will hear an appeal by one of the Luxleaks defendants. Library picture: Raphaël Halet seen inside Luxembourg’s central courthouse during his trial, May 2016. Photo credit: Sven Becker 

Halet, along with Antoine Deltour, was convicted in 2016 of stealing confidential documents from their former employer, the consulting firm PWC, in 2012.

Halet was given a 9-month suspended sentence, later overturned by a Luxembourg appeals court, and fined €1,000. PWC was awarded symbolic losses of €1.

Halet has claimed that he should not have been prosecuted as both men were whistleblowers.

News of the ECHR case was announced by the support group Raphaël Halet lanceur d’alerte #LuxLeaks (Raphaël Halet Luxleaks whistleblower) on its social media accounts on Monday.

On Twitter, the advocacy group stated:

“Raphaël Halet’s request to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against #Luxembourg has been accepted! Today [in the Luxleaks affair] it is Luxembourg that is in the dock! We’re not giving up on anything!”

On the outfit’s Facebook page, Hallet said that Luxembourg:

“has to answer for the violation of the freedom of expression of a French citizen, a whistleblower.

“It’s a big step since 2012 and the beginning of the fight against tax evasion”.

As of Tuesday morning, the case was not listed in the ECHR’s online database.

A PWC representative told Delano the firm had “no comment”.


Updated 13 February at 11am with PWC response.