Cécile Andrzejewski

4 weeks ago | forbiddenstories.org | Cécile Andrzejewski

On October 7, 2023, Gazan photographer Yasser Qudih photographed Hamas’ attack on Israel, prompting a pro-Israeli NGO to suspect him of having been alerted by the Islamist group ahead of time. Shortly after, his house was bombed, killing eight members of his family and leaving him racked with guilt. Forbidden Stories and its partners revisited the subsequent smear campaign that drove Qudih into exile and unemployment.

1 month ago | forbiddenstories.org | Cécile Andrzejewski

Thanks to companies based in Kyrgyzstan, Russia continues to import aeronautical equipment made by major French and American manufacturers, despite the embargo linked to the war in Ukraine. This circumvention of western sanctions has made Kyrgyzstan a hotspot for the transportation of goods destined for Russia’s military-industrial complex.

2 months ago | forbiddenstories.org | Cécile Andrzejewski

Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov died last August, after a decade of persecution by the Turkmen authorities. They accused him of daring to write about systematic forced labor in the country’s cotton fields – an open secret that isn’t stopping some European textile brands from sourcing from Turkmenistan.

Jun 24, 2024 | forbiddenstories.org | Cécile Andrzejewski |Léa Peruchon |Phineas Rueckert

Since October 7, more than 100 journalists have been killed. For four months, Forbidden Stories and its partners investigated the circumstances of their killings, as well as those who have been targeted, threatened and injured in the West Bank and Gaza. These investigations points to a chilling pattern and suggest some journalists may have been targeted even though they were identifiable as press.

May 28, 2024 | lemonde.fr | Cécile Andrzejewski

« Est-ce que j’ai le droit de ne pas répondre à cette question ? » Voilà près d’une heure que ce volubile journaliste, qui souhaite préserver son anonymat, nous raconte son parcours, son métier et les « lignes rouges » à ne pas franchir dans son pays, le Rwanda. Mais interrogé sur l’accident qui a coûté la vie à son collègue John Williams Ntwali en janvier 2023, il marque un temps d’arrêt et décline. Avant de murmurer : « Je lui avais dit qu’un jour il se ferait tuer.