Forbidden Stories
 Forbidden Stories  (NGO)      | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2017 |
| Founder | Laurent Richard |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Sponsored by | Fritt Ord, Luminate, National Endowment for Democracy, Open Society Foundations, UNESCO |
| Membership | • Lynette Clemetson • Virginie Ducrot • Edouard Perrin • Luisa Handem Piette • Bastian Obermayer • Laurence Franc-Menget • Rémi Labed • Joanne Levine |
| An "independent" NGO and media outlet financed by the usual cluster of deep state connected foundations. | |
Forbidden Stories (FS) is an "independent" NGO and media outlet financed by the usual cluster of deep state connected foundations. Forbidden Stories also has collaborated with Bellingcat on projects, and the founder of the project, Laurent Richard, attended the Integrity Initiative's 2018 meeting Tackling Tools of Malign Influence.
Own words
Forbidden Stories was founded by award-winning journalist and filmmaker Laurent Richard. In 2015, he arrived at work across from the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris to find his fellow journalists massacred by terrorists. This experience convinced him of the need for a journalistic response to crimes committed against the press.[1]
We provide journalist with the ability to drop their sensitive information into one of our secure communication channels. If something happens to them, we will ensure the survival of their stories, beyond borders, beyond governments, beyond censorship.[1]
Work
Forbidden Stories has continued the work of journalists after they have died:
- After the murder of Miroslava Breach, Forbidden Stories continues her investigation of human rights violations, drug trafficking, and government corruption[2] in cooperation with Bellingcat[3] and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism.[4]
- In project Green Blood, the work of 13 journalists killed for reporting on environmental issues has continued: Crispin Perez, Desidario Camangyan, Ardiansyah Matra’is, Gerardo Ortega, Darío Fernández Jaén, Wisut Tangwittayaporn, Hang Serei Odom, Sai Reddy, Mikhail Beketov, Jagendra Singh, Soe Moe Tun, Karun Misra, and María Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo.[5][6]
- The investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Ecuadorian journalist Javier Ortega, photographer Paúl Rivas, and their driver Efraín Segarra is part of Deadly border.[7][8]
- After the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Forbidden Stories continues her investigation in The Daphne Project.[9][10]
- Javier Valdez Cárdenas was killed after his investigations into the Sinaloa Cartel.[11][12]
- Cecilio Pineda was killed after claiming ties between local officials and drug traffickers in Mexico.[13][14]
- The investigation into corruption in Ghanaian football was continued after the assassination of Ahmed Hussein-Suale.[15][16]
- In the cartel project the report of Regina Martínez on "thousands of individuals who had mysteriously disappeared"[17] and Mexican drug cartels has been continued.[18]
- As part of an investigation into disinformation called Story Killers, the work of Gauri Lankesh was continued. The investigation series also exposed Team Jorge.[19]
In 2021 Forbidden Stories was part of the team of investigative journalists that made information about Project Pegasus public.[20]
People
The founder of the project, Laurent Richard, attended the Integrity Initiative's 2018 meeting Tackling Tools of Malign Influence.
Board members as of June 2023.[21]
Funding
The financing from UNESCO was small ($35,000) compared to those received from various funds and foundations. In the certificate of chartered accountant attached to its file, Freedom Voices Network declares to have received nearly 600,000 euros in 2018 and 2019 from donors such as Luminate (the fund of Pierre Omidyar, founder of Ebay), Open Society (George Soros), the the National Endowment for Democracy, etc.[22]
Known member
1 of the 8 of the members already have pages here:
| Member |
|---|
| Bastian Obermayer |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Fritt Ord | Norwegian grant giving foundation with Cold War origins. |
| Luminate | Pierre Omidyar's foundation for financing global media and civil society groups. It is unknown how close it coordinates with certain deep state US government agencies. |
| National Endowment for Democracy | The "traditional intermediary of the CIA", promoting the US "national interest" abroad by financing groups and individuals. |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
| UNESCO |
References
- ↑ a b https://forbiddenstories.org/about-us/
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/case/project-miroslava/
- ↑ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/09/04/the-leads-not-investigated-in-the-miroslava-breach-murder/
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/09/05/espanol/opinion/el-proyecto-miroslava-le-sube-el-costo-al-asesinato-de-periodistas-en-mexico.html
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/green-blood-trailer-2/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/green-blood
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/case/deadly-border/
- ↑ https://www.occrp.org/en/deathontheborder/
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/case/the-daphne-project/%7Caccess-date=2020-10-26
- ↑ https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/daphne-project-returns-with-more-reports.824644
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/javier-valdez/%7Caccess-date=2020-10-26%7Cwebsite=Forbidden Stories
- ↑ https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2017/11/09/forbidden-stories-la-plate-forme-qui-protege-l-information_5212404_3236.html
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/cecilio-pineda/
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexican-journalists-20171221-htmlstory.html
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/football-in-ghana-an-off-limits-investigation/
- ↑ https://www.modernghana.com/news/979439/ahmed-suale-muder-ghana-police-failed-to-follow.html
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/the-cartel-project/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/the-cartel-project
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/case/story-killers/
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/19/spyware-leak-suggests-lawyers-and-activists-at-risk-across-globe
- ↑ https://forbiddenstories.org/board-directors/
- ↑ https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1209372/politique/affaire-pegasus-maroc-lunesco-a-t-elle-finance-lenquete/
