Les rouages d'une machine à propagande : Révélations au coeur de l'influence russe en Afrique
The Propaganda Machine: Insider Revelations on Russian influence in Africa
In the face of Russian influence operations in Africa, journalists must collaborate or keep quiet. One of them is breaking the code of silence. Revelations tomorrow. #PropagandaMachine
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#COP29 | Revelations about ill-gotten gains in Azerbaijan. As #Baku prepares to welcome the world, Forbidden Stories and 4 of its partners are publishing a new investigation as part of the #TheBakuConnection project, continuing the work of journalists from the independent media AbzasMedia arrested late 2023. ⤵️
The starting point for this new investigation was a message we received via #SafeBoxNetwork, in which AbzasMedia, threatened by Ilham Aliyev's regime, saved the draft of an unfinished investigation.
Taking over their work, we discovered with our media partners from FRANCE 24, @d'Lëtzebuerger Land, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a Russian-doll-like business set-up involving Luxembourg and companies mentioned in the Panama Papers, behind a villa on the French Riviera valued at 5.8 million euros.
We reveal the identity of the villa’s former owners: an Azerbaijani civil servant and his wife, a “lover of France,” decorated with the Legion of Honor and an Order of Academic Palms.
We also reveal that Khagani Bashirov, a Franco-Azerbaijani businessman indicted in Luxembourg for money laundering, was at one time in business with the owner of the villa via a company supposedly involved in cotton.
In 2019, the villa was bought by a Monaco-based company. Its current owner is a powerful man named Shahin Movsumov. Head of the Azerbaijani conglomerate AS Group, he is also the brother of the economic advisor to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. ⤵️
forbiddenstories.org/the-villa-the-businessman-and-the-stolen-millions-from-the-french-riviera-to-luxembourg-revelations-on-azerbaijans-ill-gotten-gains
✍️ By Eloïse Layan and Youssr Youssef
🇨🇩 They risk their lives to uncover the truth. In the #DRC, reporting on cocoa plundering, armed group financing, and illegal logging often comes with a deadly price for journalists.
Last month, at our SafeBox Network workshops, participants shared their (forbidden) stories. Since then, 15 independent journalists have joined our Network to safeguard their ongoing investigations.
👉 What threats do journalists face on the ground? How are they silenced? And which stories are too dangerous to tell? Watch our video to hear their powerful testimonies.
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Ils risquent leur vie pour révéler la vérité. En #RDC, enquêter sur le pillage du cacao, le financement des groupes armés et l'exploitation illégale du bois peut avoir des conséquences mortelles pour les journalistes.
Le mois dernier, lors d'ateliers #SafeBoxNetwork, les participants ont partagé leurs histoires (interdites). Depuis, 15 journalistes indépendants ont rejoint notre réseau pour protéger leurs informations sensibles.
👉 À quel type de menaces les journalistes font-ils face sur le terrain ? Comment sont-ils réduits au silence ? Et sur quels sujets est-il le plus dangereux d'enquêter ? Regardez notre vidéo et écoutez leurs témoignages inédits.
Honneur-David Safari Moussa Didy Bunakima Jonas Kiriko Seros Muyisa Infobascongo Edmond Izuba Izuba
💬 “Today, with the rise of authoritarianism, disinformation and wars, acting alone is a sure way to become killed. To survive in this world is all about collaboration.”
At the #DocEmmys, Laurent Richard was invited by FRONTLINE | PBS and the Television Academy to present Forbidden Stories and 4 awards. Watch the full speech here ⤵️
Dernier extrait de l’interview de Laurent Richard chez Thinkerview sur la ligne rouge entre journalisme et communication.
Spéciale dédicace aux amis de CASH Investigation, Premières Lignes International, Elise Lucet, Jean-Pierre Canet et... Georges Orwell :)
💬 « What we're trying to do with this collaborative approach goes against what's taught in journalism schools, where you're taught to work alone with your source, with your editor. »
🔗 Watch the full interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR84xMp0cWY
📹 Credit : Thinkerview
💬 « Once #Pegasus is installed on the phone, it’s over. It’s a software that activates everything, from the microphone to the camera. It's a very surgical operation. »
🔗 Watch the full interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR84xMp0cWY
📹 Credit : Thinkerview
💬 « We're pursuing the investigations of reporters who couldn't finish them, and we are not doing so only out of a sense of comradery. The aim is to consider that, in fact, the first victim is obviously the journalist. But the second is all of us, it’s the citizen, it’s the one who doesn't get the news. »
🔗 Watch the full interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR84xMp0cWY
📹 Credit : Thinkerview
One picture. It’s all it took for authorities to press charges against Carlos Ernesto Choc.
We interviewed him in Guatemala during a #SafeBoxNetwork workshop, 4 years after #GreenBlood and 2 years after #MiningSecrets. Does he still face legal charges and threats? Find out below 👇
