Edouard Perrin

2 months ago | forbiddenstories.org | Edouard Perrin

Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov died on August 13, 2024, aged 35, after nearly ten years of persecution by the Turkmen regime. In 2016, he dared to tell the story of forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields. Forbidden Stories has carried on his work and can reveal that this cotton, theoretically banned from the textile industry’s supply chains, continues to flood the shelves of European stores.

2 months ago | forbiddenstories.org | Edouard Perrin

Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov died on August 13, 2024, aged 35, after nearly ten years of persecution by the Turkmen regime. In 2016, he dared to tell the story of forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields. Forbidden Stories has carried on his work and can reveal that this cotton, theoretically banned from the textile industry’s supply chains, continues to flood the shelves of European stores.

Nov 20, 2024 | forbiddenstories.org | Edouard Perrin

It took him two long years to finally dare to speak out. For the first time, Fidèle Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo is revealing his identity and making his testimony public. A refugee far from his native Central African Republic, the 29-year-old journalist describes the inner workings of the Russian propaganda machine at work in Africa.