đŽ Shortly before his murder on October 16, Colombian journalist #RafaelMoreno had protected his investigations by sharing them with Forbidden Stories using the #SafeboxNetwork.
We have already begun to pursue his work, alongside many partner journalists. #ProyectoRafael
This is the mission of Forbidden Stories: to continue the work of silenced journalists around the world.
If they are kidnapped, jailed or murdered, we mobilize our media partners to continue their investigations and publish them worldwide.
Rafael Moreno's investigations disturbed many people in the department of CĂłrdoba where he lived. He denounced illegal activities, threats to the environment and, above all, local corruption, exposing shady contracts.
Ya estamos continuando su trabajo, con muchos periodistas asociados. #ProyectoRafael
Esta es la misiĂłn de Forbidden Stories: continuar el trabajo de los periodistas silenciados en todo el mundo.
Si son secuestrados, encarcelados o asesinados, movilizamos a nuestros medios socios para que continĂșen sus investigaciones y las publiquen en todo el mundo.
Las investigaciones de Rafael Moreno molestaron a mucha gente en el departamento de CĂłrdoba donde vivĂa. DenunciĂł las actividades ilegales, las amenazas al medio ambiente y, sobre todo, la corrupciĂłn local, sacando a la luz contratos dudosos.
On June 28, fact-checker @zoobear was arrested by Indian police. His crime? A 2018 tweet about an old Hindi film, taken by the ruling party as âhurting religious sentimentâ in the country.
Several months before his arrest, @FbdnStories interviewed Zubair about why his fact checking disturbs the Indian authorities. In the interview never released until today, Zubair explained the modus operandi behind the attacks against him and other fact-checkers in India.
âThey cannot file a complaint against me for writing a story because we have facts with us in our stories (âŠ) They cannot attack us on the story that weâve written, so they are looking to attack me for any other unrelated tweetâ â @zoobear
For the past several months, we have been working with threatened journalists around the world on a new way to defeat impunity for crimes against the press.
The #SafeBoxNetwork was founded on one simple premise: to ensure that a journalist's sensitive information does not disappear with them if they are kidnapped, imprisoned or murdered.
Since the beginning of the year, eight journalists have been killed in Mexico alone. (2/12)
First, threatened journalists can keep their sensitive information safe by sharing it with our global network of journalists. We store it securely without working on it. (3/12)