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Gaza Project

No Safe Zones: How Fadi Al-Wahidi Got Shot in the Neck While Wearing a Press Vest

On October 9, 2024, Fadi Al-Wahidi was reporting alongside a crew of journalists from Al Jazeera, Al Araby TV, and others, in the Al Saftawi area near Jabalia, when what they claim was an “Israeli quadcopter” initiated a chase that ended with Al-Wahidi being shot in the neck.

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Articles Gaza Project

Bird's eye view : documenting Gaza from its skies

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Gaza Project

In Gaza, journalists filming with drones are in the Israeli army’s crosshairs

Of the few journalists who used drones to document the destruction wrought by the Israeli army, at least five have been killed or seriously wounded by deliberate strikes

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Articles

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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Rwanda Classified: The Kagame regime has maintained its disinformation habit

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News

Event: Step behind the scenes of these forbidden stories

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News

WhatsApp trumps NSO in court: A historical ruling amid political change

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News

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“The Azerbaijani government needed the COP to cover up the question of media freedom”

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News

"Enemies of the People" Respond to Trump's Election: “Without Information, No Democracy”

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News

Pegasus scandal: “Morocco has to accept that anything can be said”

Investigations

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Articles

“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...

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Gaza Project

Endless horrors and relocations: In Jabalia, Fadi Al-Wahidi's unfinished reporting

In October 2024, the Israeli army made its third incursion into the Jabalia refugee camp since the start...

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Gaza Project

From Slander to Exile: Photographer Yasser Qudih Targeted for Doing His Job

On October 7, 2023, Gazan photographer Yasser Qudih photographed Hamas’ attack on Israel, prompting a...

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Articles

Bird's eye view : documenting Gaza from its skies

Articles Gaza Project Reading time : 5 min. Bird’s eye view : documenting Gaza from its skies Journalists...

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Articles

Sanction Breakers : These Kyrgyz companies are keeping Russian planes flying

Thanks to companies based in Kyrgyzstan, Russia continues to import aeronautical equipment made by major...

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Articles

Corruption, nepotism and the “Wi-Fi system”: How Kyrgyzstan became a hub for smuggling cars into Russia

Kyrgyzstan has become a waypoint for Western cars being smuggled into Russia. It’s a booming industry,...

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Articles

In Cambodia, the death of a journalist highlights the secrecy shrouding environmental crimes

Forbidden Stories investigated the death of Chhoeung Chheng, a Cambodian journalist who was shot dead...

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Articles

Captagon trafficking: For Syrian journalists, investigation is still forbidden

Despite the fall of the regime two months ago, investigating this lucrative business remains extremely...

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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.

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Darwin Franco

Mexico

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Philippines

Camilo Álzate

Colombia

Zona Docs

Mexico

Sonny Figueroa

Guatemala

Lucy Sosa

Mexico

Jesús Bustamante

Mexico

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Mexico

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Isidore Kouwonou

Togo

Mardochée Boli

Mali

Tchèques Bukasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diana Manzo

Mexico

Etonam Sossou

Togo

Hendry Sihaloho

Indonesia

Gabriela Martínez

Mexico

Nathalie Gómez

Mexico

Oscar Neira

Colombie

GK

Ecuador

Edouard Samboe

Togo

Tierra de Nadie

Ecuador

Natividad Ambrocio

Mexico

Mustapha Darboe

The Gambia

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

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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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Deforestation in Cambodia: Revelations on a deadly code of silence

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In Turkmenistan, the death of a journalist lifts the veil on forced labor in cotton fields

Disinformation Influence

The Propaganda Machine

Human rights Starvation War

Gaza Project

Assassination plots Cyber surveillance Influence War

Rwanda Classified

Corruption Environment

Stolen Lands

Corruption Environment Human rights

The Baku Connection

Amazon rainforest Corruption Deforestation Environment

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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.

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

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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

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Jonathan Cuevas

Mexican journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

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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

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