LONDON, MARCH 16 The story of Satyendra Dubey, the NHAI engineer who died fighting corruption in a Bihar stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project, and the highlighting of his case by The Indian Express is the opening chapter of the Global Corruption Report 2005, released in London today by Transparency International (TI), engaged in combating corruption globally.

In the section on corruption in construction, Dubey’s story appears as Blowing the Whistle on Corruption: One Man’s Fatal Struggle.

TI chairman Peter Eigen, in his introductory remarks, stated: ‘‘The Global Corruption Report 2005 opens with a tribute to one individual, Satyendra Dubey, who was murdered after he courageously spoke out against corruption in the construction of a massive highway project in India.’’

Eigen paid tribute to the Dubeys of the world for their stand against institutionalised corruption. ‘‘The fact that whistleblowers were honoured at the beginning of our recent awards ceremony, particularly the posthumous awards, is partly to demonstrate their importance,’’ he said.

Dubey was among the three posthumous recipients—the other two were from Turkey and Bangladesh—of the TI’s Integrity Awards late last year. He was also honoured posthumously in March 2004 as the Whistleblower of the Year by the Index on Censorship.

Responding to an Express query, Eigen said that while there was a need to ‘‘change the climate’’ to offer increased security to whistleblowers, the change also had to come from within governments and the private sector.