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Article by Forbidden Stories
November 18, 2021 6:00 pm
Today, the Pegasus Project was awarded one of the prestigious Reporters Without Borders' 2021 Press Freedom Awards in the impact category. Last July, this collaborative investigation uncovered the global abuse of Pegasus spyware. What's happened since then? Watch how people, leaders and prosecutors have taken up the scandal.
This video was produced with the support of the Justice for Journalists Foundation.
Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) is a London-based non-governmental organisation. JFJ funds journalistic investigations into violent crimes against media workers and helps professional and citizen journalists to mitigate their risks. The foundation was established in August 2018 by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of the Open Russia pro-democracy movement, an Amnesty International-recognised prisoner of conscience, and Putin’s most prominent critic, together with his former business partner, philanthropist, and member of the Free Russia Forum’s standing committee Leonid Nevzlin.
Deeply proud the #PegasusProject was awarded for its ongoing impact!
Huge congrats to the more than 80 journalists that made this unprecedented collaborative investigation led by @Fbdn_stories possible and powerful, as well as to @AmnestyTech for its critical technical support. https://t.co/S6BJbM2lei
— Forbidden Stories (@FbdnStories) November 18, 2021
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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
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Sandhya Ravishankar
Indian journalist
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Bastian Obermayer
2017 Pulitzer Prize winner
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Marina Walker
Executive editor at Pulitzer Center
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