Croatia’s parliament has passed a controversial law that could penalize whistleblowers who disclose information from judicial investigations to the press, Croatian media reported on Thursday. The bill targeting whistleblowers has been discussed in Croatia for months and has been criticized by the Council of Europe, Europe’s top human rights watchdog. Following protests from journalists’ associations and opposition supporters, a passage in the original draft law that would have allowed for journalists to be prosecuted for publishing information received from whistleblowers was removed. However,…