The stories
Investigation
In the Brazilian Amazon, land for sale on Facebook
Investigation
THE AMAZON CUT: HOW BEEF LINKED TO DEFORESTATION IS EXPORTED TO EUROPE BY MAJOR COMPANIES
Investigation
DOM PHILLIPS WANTED TO ‘SAVE THE AMAZON’ — HE WAS KILLED FOR INVESTIGATING ILLEGAL FISHING
Editorial
We pursued the work of Bruno and Dom on the Amazon because our future depends on it.
Investigation
The front companies robbing the State of Mexico
Editorial
“You can kill me, but you won’t silence me.”
Investigation
Assassination of Rafael Moreno: Revealing the millions embezzled in Colombia
Investigation
Rafael Project: How mining companies bleed the land dry in Colombia
Investigation
“Team Jorge”: In the heart of a global disinformation machine
Investigation
In the age of false news: A journalist, a murder, and the pursuit of an unfinished investigation in India
Investigation
Story Killers: inside the deadly disinformation-for-hire industry
Too many stories remain untold every day
All around the world, journalists face threats, arrest, and murder.
There are stories that corporations, organized crime groups and governments don’t want to see published.
Forbidden Stories has a mission:
bypassing any form of censorship by publishing these stories.
To achieve this, we offer journalists working on a sensitive issue a secure way to backup their work with us.
In case something happens to the journalist, we will be able to pick up the investigation, complete it, and publish it broadly thanks to our collaborative network of news organizations.
By protecting and continuing the work of reporters who can no longer investigate, we can send a powerful signal to enemies of a free press: even if you succeed in stopping a single messenger, you will not stop the message.
Keep Stories Alive.
They support us
Maria Ressa
2021 Nobel Peace Prize
“All they want in killing a journalist, or in attacking a journalist, is to stop the story.”
Can Dündar
Former editor of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet
“It will send a very clear message to oppressive governments that if they touch a journalist anywhere in the world, many others will be ready to support and follow up their story.”
Khadija Ismayilova
Azerbajani investigative journalist
“What you are suggesting is creating a newsroom for journalists who have no press freedom. You will get fantastic stories.“
Matthew Caruana Galizia
Maltese journalist, son of slain reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
“We couldn’t allow our mother’s stories to die with her. They were too important. For them to be forgotten would have been like killing her twice.“
Fabrice Arfi
Mediapart‘s head of investigations
“The finest project of investigative journalism, in solidarity against censorship.“
Sandhya Ravishankar
Indian journalist
“Now I know that Forbidden Stories will always have my back.”
Bastian Obermayer
2017 Pulitzer Prize winner
“Even if Forbidden Stories rescues just a handful of investigations that fall into a sort of limbo each time a journalist is jailed or killed, it will already be a great victory for citizens.”
Marina Walker
Executive editor at Pulitzer Center
“By working together, journalists can make it harder for censorship to win. We’re proud to support Forbidden Stories.”