Rwanda Classified Français English Inside the repressive machinery of Paul Kagame’s regime Forbidden Stories and its partners examined the troubling circumstances of Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali’s death, and meanwhile pursued the investigation that put the journalist in authorities’ crosshairs. The journalists of Rwanda Classified also looked into the hidden side of Kagame’s regime. From […]| Forbidden Stories
As evidence of its interference in the eastern DRC mounts, Rwanda continues to evade United Nations sanctions due, in part, to the high number of Rwandan soldiers fighting under its banner.| Forbidden Stories
Conducted over several months and featuring previously unpublished material, our investigation confronts the volatility of official reports about Ntwali’s death.| Forbidden Stories
Investigating the deaths of Rwandan soldiers killed in North Kivu led to one journalist’s exile and possibly the death of another. We picked up their investigations.| Forbidden Stories
Forbidden Stories nomine 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 prisons located in military bases, according to Forbidden Stories’ investigation. nomine A Prominent Palestinian Journalist Still Held in Administrative Detention Without Clear Evidence nomine […]| Forbidden Stories
In October 2024, the Israeli army made its third incursion into the Jabalia refugee camp since the start of its war in Gaza—a particularly severe deployment of violence resulting in mass casualties, including the deaths of two Palestinian journalists and injuries to two others.| Forbidden Stories
Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories have vanished into thin air. These “ghost prisoners” are whisked away by the occupying forces to informal places of detention, where they’re held outside any legal framework and tortured. Some are then transferred to the Russian prison system, where they languish without charges or serve trumped-up sentences. Forbidden Stories and its partners unveil this opaque system design...| Forbidden Stories
The murky murder of a Rwandan opposition figure and the deaths of two Belgians in South Africa are among the reasons Brussels is taking a firmer stance against Kigali.| Forbidden Stories
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.| Forbidden Stories
In the Sahel and the Central African Republic, Moscow’s disinformation agents spare no expense in manipulating public opinion. Forbidden Stories reveals the inner workings of their well-oiled propaganda machine.| Forbidden Stories
Forbidden Stories investigated the death of Chhoeung Chheng, a Cambodian journalist who was shot dead on his way home from reporting on a forest ravaged by illegal logging.| Forbidden Stories
Gaza Project We had to unite Almost 170 Palestinian journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip after Israel launched a war of retaliation for the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023. In June 2024, then in March 2025, Forbidden Storis coordinated the Gaza Project, gathering more than 50 journalists from 18 media outlets. We […]| Forbidden Stories
Khudayberdy Allashov died after exposing forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields. Turkmen cotton can still be found today in textile products worldwide.| Forbidden Stories
Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike offers evidence revealing, for the first time, the relentless influence exerted in his country by Russia.| Forbidden Stories
News Gaza Project: we reiterate our request for access to a satellite image Open Letter to Maxar’s CEO, Dan Smoot. By Forbidden Stories October 9, 2024 Dear Dan Smoot, Chief Executive Officer of Maxar Intelligence After several requests addressed to your teams and to you directly, and without any response for more than three months, […]| Forbidden Stories
To commemorate International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and the seven year anniversary of Forbidden Stories, we are asking you to help us pursue the investigations of journalists who have been silenced.| Forbidden Stories
We spoke with more than half a dozen journalists from around the world, including members of Forbidden Stories’ network of journalist partners and journalists living in countries where they are regularly threatened, about the potential impacts of Trump’s election on their daily work and the public’s perception of the press.| Forbidden Stories
Pegasus Project Français English A worldwide collaboration to counter a global crime An unprecedented leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers selected for surveillance by the customers of the israeli company NSO Group shows how this technology has been systematically abused for years. The Forbidden Stories consortium and Amnesty International had access to records of […]| Forbidden Stories
After surviving an Israeli military drone attack, the Khair Al-Din brothers had to give up their journalistic work on the food insecurity in Gaza. Forbidden Stories picked up where their coverage left off.| Forbidden Stories
Since October 7, Israel appears to have systematically targeted press organizations and cameras filming live from the Gaza Strip in order to prevent journalists from covering the ongoing war.| Forbidden Stories
Safebox network What is the SafeBox Network? Forbidden Stories protects the information of threatened journalists. If they are imprisoned, abducted or murdered, Forbidden Stories and its international network of media partners will be able to continue their investigations and publish them worldwide. Français English Español العربية https://youtu.be/YNwEqrY98ZA All over the world, journalists are jailed, abducted […]| Forbidden Stories
Israel says it takes strict precautions to avoid civilian casualties in its use of unmanned aerial vehicles. But a pattern has emerged of journalists in Gaza being hit by Israeli drones.| Forbidden Stories
On May 4, 2024, two journalists from Al Araby TV came under Israeli military fire while covering a raid in the West Bank. They narrowly escaped, and their camera was destroyed.| Forbidden Stories
Forbidden Stories received a generous donation of $50,000 through the 2023 Lifetime Charity Fundraiser organized by the secure encrypted email service Proton Mail.| Forbidden Stories
Documents reveal how Israel seized files, suppressed information related to WhatsApp’s lawsuit against Pegasus spyware vendor NSO| Forbidden Stories