Forbidden Stories

💬 “We wanted to show the world images never seen before … And indeed, we captured truly terrifying, unprecedented images of destruction.” On December 15, 2023, Samer Abu Daqqa and Wael Al Dahdouh were reporting for #AlJazeera in Khan Younis in southern #Gaza when an alleged Israeli drone strike hit them. Only Wael Al Dahdouh made it alive. For the #GazaProject, we pursued their last report together ⬇️ Khan Younis, a city of 400,000 inhabitants before the war began, is now reduced to ruins. The two journalists were accompanying Civil Defense rescue workers when they were hit by #Israeli fire. They were on a mission to recover an excavator stuck in the courtyard of Farhana school for their rescue operations, which we were able to locate three months later. We contacted Ruaa, a 17-year-old former student at Farhana school, who told us about the waste of that lost year after her school was almost entirely destroyed. An Israeli military spokesperson said Abu Daqqa’s case is being examined internally. Al Jazeera and Reporters Without Borders referred the case to the International Criminal Court. 👉 Read more here:  English: https://shorturl.at/TXdJI Arabic: https://shorturl.at/ndslD French: https://shorturl.at/jEoWL paper trail media GmbH ARIJ Network Le Monde The Guardian AFP +972 Magazine Radio France DER SPIEGEL DER STANDARD ZDF Tamedia

🔴 Nous recherchons notre nouveau Video officer pour mettre en avant le travail de Forbidden Stories et développer notre impact. Vous êtes créatif, expert en montage vidéo et vous aimez développer de nouveaux formats de contenu, alors ce job est fait pour vous ! 👉 envoyez votre candidature à recrutement@freedomvoicesnetwork.org

🗞️ "We request that Israeli authorities end immediately the restrictions on foreign media entering Gaza" With the Committee to Protect Journalists and more than 60 media organizations, we are asking Israel to open independent access to #Gaza for journalists and let us report from war zones.

🔴 Nous recherchons notre futur IT officer, qui sera en charge de la gestion matérielle et applicative de #ForbiddenStories. 🌍 Débrouillard, polyvalent, rigoureux, avec un certain goût pour la technologie et déjà une expérience comme IT officer, assistant de production ou en informatique : voici le profil idéal que nous recherchons pour nous renforcer. Vous êtes cette perle rare ? Faites signe.  Vous connaissez cette perle rare ? Faites tourner ! 👉 CV et lettre de motivation à recrutement@freedomvoicesnetwork.org

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Emmanuel Kouagou, journaliste 🇧🇯 qui a rejoint le #SafeBoxNetwork pour sécuriser des informations sensibles liées à ses enquêtes, annonce publiquement faire partie du réseau ! S’il est réduit au silence, Forbidden Stories analysera ses documents et poursuivra son travail.

🗣 Emmanuel Colombié, coordinador de la red SafeBox de Forbidden Stories, estará en el Festival Gabo para la charla '¿Cómo proteger tus investigaciones de alto riesgo?’ ¡Les esperará este sábado 6 de julio a las 10:00 en el Teatrino - Gimnasio Moderno de Bogota! Detalles 👉https://lnkd.in/eVcZKTxp

🔴 Since October 7, journalists in the #WestBank have reported an increase in harassment and violence by the Israeli military and settlers. For the #GazaProject, Forbidden Stories and its partners pursued their work, covering West Bank settlement expansion and the forced displacement of local communities. We used satellite imagery and open-source research to map the expansion of settler infrastructure. Under international law, settlements – Israeli-government-approved communities built on occupied #Palestinian land since the 1967 Six-Day War – are illegal. Analysis indicates a growth of infrastructure, including in Wadi al-Siq and other areas such as Mitzpe Yeriho and Vered Yeriho where #settlers and #soldiers have allegedly threatened journalists. Dozens of sites were identified throughout the West Bank, with new roads, buildings, or cleared lands near settlements or outposts. Settler communities also publicized their expansion online, including in Airbnb listings, on Booking. com, in YouTube videos, and social media posts. You can learn more about it here ⤵️ English: https://shorturl.at/UE6v3 Arabic: https://shorturl.at/4mfoK Français: https://rb.gy/2pr301 paper trail media GmbH ARIJ Network Le Monde The Guardian AFP +972 Magazine Radio France DER SPIEGEL DER STANDARD ZDF Tamedia

🔐 Issamar Lteif, a journalist based in Lebanon 🇱🇧and specialized in sexual & gender-based violence and corruption, joined the #SafeBoxNetwork to secure her information with us. Should she be silenced, we will look into her material and pursue her stories.

🔴 Wild Grass in the Rubble: hunger in northern Gaza through the eyes of the Khair Al-Din brothers For the #GazaProject, Forbidden Stories and its partners looked into the humanitarian situation in northern #Gaza after two journalists were allegedly targeted by a drone strike while reporting on starvation there. On February 18, the Khair Al-Din brothers, two Palestinian journalists, were filming families harvesting wild plants to feed themselves in Beit Lahia. Seconds after they started filming, a missile was fired. Hopefully, they had time to shelter behind a low concrete wall. Although it is difficult to say whether they were targeted or not, the fact remains that the two brothers dramatically decreased their workload. The humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is unprecedented. Just feeding oneself is a daily challenge and the health system is in a desperate condition. Following the rise in prices, people are now eating plant leaves, and diseases such as hepatitis A are starting to spread according to the World Health Organization. Read the full article here: English: https://lnkd.in/eqsAVJac Arabic: https://rb.gy/2pr301 Français: https://lnkd.in/eG6zFDvG paper trail media GmbH ARIJ Network Le Monde The Guardian AFP +972 Magazine Radio France DER SPIEGEL DER STANDARD ZDF Tamedia