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Gaza Project
Bird's eye view : documenting Gaza from its skies
Gaza Project Reading time : 5 min. Bird’s eye view : documenting Gaza from its skies Journalists filming with drones have been regularly killed or injured in Israeli strikes. One of them, Mahmoud Isleem Al-Basos, collaborated on the Gaza Project. To continue his work, Forbidden Stories and its...
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Gaza Project
“Where International Law Goes to Die”: Mechanisms Blocking Justice for Journalists and Civil Society
Since 2001, Israeli fire has claimed the lives of nearly 200 journalists—170 of them since the war on Gaza began. Yet, even in the most extreme cases, Israel has failed to hold anyone accountable.
Gaza Project Journalist
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Journalists killed in Gaza: 12 international media outlets unite to investigate and take forward Palestinian journalists’ stories
After the Gaza Project revealed how some were targeted by the Israeli Army, Forbidden Stories and its partners have launched a new investigation about these reporters, killed or injured while on duty, especially those filming with drones.
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asesinato periodista Leo Veras Fiscalía Paraguay Crimen
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Alianza Paraguay
Alianza Paraguay: Why Forbidden Stories launched a global investigation into organized crime
Nineteen journalists have been killed in Paraguay – and two in Brazilian border towns – in roughly 30...
Haitï stolen lands journalist gang
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Haïti
In Haiti, the murder of a journalist who denounced corruption and a prosecutor above the law
Gary Tesse was murdered in 2022 after criticizing Les Cayes prosecutor Ronald Richemond, whom he accused...
Journalist Haiti gang violence
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Articles
Smuggling, ill-gotten gains and suspected ties to gangs: In Haiti, the shady dealings of former senator Rony Célestin
Forbidden Sorties continued the investigation of Haitian journalist Néhémie Joseph, who was killed in...
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Viktoriia Project
Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali
For more than three years in Mali, Wagner mercenaries have detained and tortured civilians in secret...
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Under surveillance
Suspicious tenders and spying on journalists: a small Serbian town in the grip of corruption
FAR and Forbidden Stories investigated the practices of the mayor of Dimitrovgrad.
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Viktoriia Project
“A Place Where You Regret Being Born”: Inside Russia’s Taganrog Prison
When Yelyzaveta Shylyk was detained and questioned by Russian military forces, her interrogators threatened...
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Viktoriia Project
Russia’s ‘Ghost Detainees’: The Investigation That Cost Viktoriia Roshchyna Her Life
Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was pronounced dead in Russian captivity in October 2024, after...
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Viktoriia Project
How Russia Secretly Disappears Thousands of Ukrainian Civilians
Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories...

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Through the SafeBox Network, some of the world’s most threatened journalists are securing their sensitive information with Forbidden Stories. 

If they are abducted, imprisoned or assassinated, Forbidden Stories and its partners will be able to continue their investigations and publish them worldwide.

Tchèques Bukasa

Tchèques Bukasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mocache Massoko

Equatorial Guinea
Pavel Vega

Pavel Vega

Guatemala
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Miriam Ramírez

Mexico
Celia Espinoza

Celia Espinoza

Mexico
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Serge Fanou

Benin
Bakary Gamalo Bamba

Bakary Gamalo Bamba

Guinea
Mariana Rosetti

Mariana Rosetti

Brazil
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María de los Ángeles Nivón

Mexico
Vanderlei Eurico Alves Filho

Vanderlei Eurico Alves Filho

Brazil
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Antonio Mundaca

Mexico
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María Martínez Guardado

Mexico
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Vërstka

Russia
Oscar Neira

Oscar Neira

Colombie
Karla Lorena Lamas Contreras

Karla Lorena Lamas Contreras

Mexico
Felipe Medeiros

Felipe Medeiros

Brazil
Kátia-Brasil-SBN

Kátia Brasil

Brazil
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En Primer Plano

Mexico
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Pierre-Claver Kuvo

Togo
Anani Kwami Galley

Anani Kwami Galley

Togo
Denise Kyalwahi

Denise Kavira Kyalwahi

Democratic Republic of the Congo
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IMEDIA

Haiti
Africa Uncensored

Africa Uncensored

Kenya
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Lucy Sosa

Mexico

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Key figures

90

Since its creation, 90 media outlets have collaborated with Forbidden Stories.

150

A hundred and fifty journalists from 49 countries have worked on our investigations since 2017.

1,320

Our collaborative investigations have multiplied the reach of our forbidden stories by 1,320. That’s what we call the Streisand effect.

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asesinato periodista Leo Veras Fiscalía Paraguay Crimen
Corruption Drug cartels
Alianza Paraguay
Haïti journalist killed gang violence
Haiti: A State in Ruins, Predators in Power
Corruption Serbia
Corruption Cyber surveillance Spyware
Under surveillance: local corruption and a journalist spied on in Serbia
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Human rights War
Viktoriia Project
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Human rights Starvation War
Gaza Project
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Trafic
Sanction Breakers
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Corruption Environment Human rights
Deforestation in Cambodia: Revelations on a deadly code of silence
Captagon
Drug cartels War
Captagon Connection
Turkmenistan(4)
Human rights
In Turkmenistan, the death of a journalist lifts the veil on forced labor in cotton fields
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Disinformation Influence
The Propaganda Machine

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Forbidden Stories is an international network of journalists whose mission is to pursue the investigations of other reporters who have been silenced.

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Maria Ressa
2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate & CEO of Rappler

“All they want in killing a journalist, or in attacking a journalist, is to stop the story”

Alfredo Guachiré
Paraguayan journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

“For my safety (...) I turn to the organization Forbidden Stories to protect my investigations”

Khadija Ismayilova
Azerbaijani investigative journalist

“What you are suggesting is creating a newsroom for journalists who have no press freedom. You will get fantastic stories“

Omer Benjakob
Journalist at Haaretz, who collaborated with Forbidden Stories on the Pegasus Project and Story Killers investigations

"Collaborations are important because they allow us to pull our intellectual resources, our tools and our skills to do investigations that were impossible to achieve five years ago"

Fabrice Arfi
Head of Investigations at Mediapart

“The finest project of investigative journalism, in solidarity against censorship”

Jonathan Cuevas
Mexican journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

“The enemies of the press will think twice before committing such crimes”

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”

Ayodele Samuel
Nigerian journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

“Since I joined the SafeBox Network, I have been confident that should anything happen to me as a journalist on the field, my jobs are protected and somebody can take it up from there”

Columbia Journalism Review

“Forbidden Stories establishes itself as a new player in a global reporting-network scene that has generally been a bright light in a dark period for journalism around the world”

Hala Nasreddine
Head of Investigations at Daraj, Lebanese media outlet and member of the SafeBox Network

“Announcing that our information is secure has a deterrent effect on attempts of repression, silencing or threat”