Forbidden Stories
Description
Forbidden Stories is a media organization that continues the investigations of journalists who have been killed, threatened, imprisoned or otherwise silenced. This is so that the information they were pursuing still reaches the public. Its guiding principle is that killing a journalist will not kill the story.
Since 2017 its collaborative investigations have been run with dozens of partner media outlets, reaching tens of millions of people worldwide. They have covered environmental crimes, corruption, organized crime and drug trafficking, disinformation, cyber-surveillance and human rights violations. These include the Pegasus Project, the Cartel Project, Green Blood, the Rafael Project, Story Killers and the Gaza Project. These revelations have prompted resignations, parliamentary and judicial investigations, sanctions, and policy responses from European institutions.
Through its SafeBox Network, launched in May 2022, Forbidden Stories offers a secure mechanism for threatened journalists to store and protect sensitive investigative material, so their work can be completed by others if they are attacked. Over 100 reporters around the world now use this protection. The network has also produced its own published investigations into corruption. Forbidden Stories also welcomes job applications, and its founder and executive director, Laurent Richard, is its public spokesperson.
Latest news
Deportados a la ciudad cárcel: el periodista expulsado a la frontera sur de México
En Venezuela, Roberto Betancourt recibió amenazas de muerte por su trabajo como periodista. Tras vivir una década en Estados Unidos y una detención migratoria que se convirtió en un calvario, fue deportado a México, país en donde aún espera el desenlace de un laberinto administrativo digno de Kafka.
24 Sep 2026
Deported to the Prison City: A journalist expelled to Mexico’s southern border
In Venezuela, Roberto Betancourt’s received death threats for his work as a journalist. After a decade in the U.S. and a hellish detention ordeal, he’s been deported to Mexico, where he awaits the outcome of a Kafka-esque administrative nightmare. His case is one among over 19,000 third-country...
23 Sep 2026
Trump’s Policies Leave Thousands in Immigration Limbo in Mexico
In 1979, Lorenzo Sánchez, then a teenager who was born in Guantánamo, Cuba, faced a life-altering decision. He was studying to become an assembly mechanic in the heavy machinery industry when he said Fidel Castro’s government began following him. He suspected he was targeted for his political ideas.
23 Sep 2026Las políticas de Trump dejan a miles de personas en un limbo migratorio en México
Entre enero de 2025 y agosto de 2026, la administración de Trump envió a 25.000.427 personas a llamados “terceros países”. Casi 20.000 de ellos llegaron a los estados mexicanos de Chiapas y Tabasco, ubicados en la frontera con Guatemala. Forbidden Stories viajó a Villahermosa y Palenque para...
23 Sep 2026Au Mexique, la politique migratoire de Trump plonge des milliers d’expulsés dans l’incertitude
Entre janvier 2025 et août 2026, l’administration Trump a expulsé 25 427 personnes des États-Unis vers des pays dits « tiers ». Près de 20 000 d’entre elles ont été envoyées dans les États mexicains du Chiapas et du Tabasco, à la frontière du Guatemala.
23 Sep 2026
Flight to Ghana: Expelled From the US to a Country They’d Never Been to
For the past 30 years, Kuyateh – a native of Sierra Leone – had been living an ocean away, in the US – working for over 20 years as a nurse in the Baltimore area, raising her US-born son Mohamed, and taking care of her parents.
22 Sep 2026
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