In this month’s Bellingchat premium podcast, Bellingcat editor Lucy Swinnen speaks to Pulitzer Prize winner and Bellingcat Tech Fellow, @alisonkilling about conducting open source research on China. patreon.com/posts/challeng…
In case you missed it, last week we published an interactive map showing the extent and impact of the Kyrgyzstan- Tajikistan September 2022 border clashes. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…
The map shows 16 villages affected by the clash. The Bellingcat team used satellite imagery and social media footage to find and geolocate footage or photographs of building damage. bellingcat.github.io/vis-tj-kg-map-…
Today we’ve released a Behind The Research video with the lead investigator on the border clash map. In it, Aiganysh details her process and what she hopes the impact of the research might be. Check it out on our Youtube channel here:
NEW: Large scale evacuations and damage were reported in the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border clash that took place in September 2022. Bellingcat has created an interactive map to show the extent of the conflict’s impact. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…
To create the map of incidents, the Bellingcat team and @bellingcatgap used Google Earth Pro, NASA FIRMS, @planet, and social media and media footage to find and geolocate footage or photographs of building damage. Explore the map here. bellingcat.github.io/vis-tj-kg-map-…
@bellingcatgap@planet The map shows 12 villages in Kyrgyzstan affected, with observed changes to 379 buildings and four villages in Tajikistan with changes to 19 buildings, in the days after the clash.
Our latest investigation into the death of Colombian protester Lucas Villa, in partnership with @CLIP_AmericaLat & @cerosetenta , has been the subject of conversations in Colombian media. Published on the 2nd anniversary of Lucas’ death , read it here: bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/0…
@CLIP_AmericaLat@cerosetenta In our latest investigation, documents seen by Bellingcat show that at least one investigator from the General Prosecutor’s Office was in contact with individuals suspected of Villa’s killing in the days before and after the shooting.
TikTok is one of the world’s most popular social media sites and a useful resource for open source investigators. Bellingcat researchers @questiionn01@Johanna_Wild , wrote a comprehensive guide to investigating TikTok in 2020 that remains relevant today bellingcat.com/resources/2020…
New: Bellingcat has been given access to over 140 satellite images showing activity at a Crimean shipping terminal that some reports have claimed has been enabling the transportation of stolen Ukrainian grain by Russia. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/1…
Ship tracking data appears to show that few vessels have been visiting the Avlita terminal in Crimea in recent years. However this is contradicted by a raft of satellite images and other monitoring tools.
Bellingcat identified 179 days in the first 12 months of Russia’s full-scale invasion where ships were present at Avlita terminal with their AIS transponders turned off.