Forbidden Stories
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🔴As a result of his revelations about the NSO Group co-founder’s entry into Panama—co-published with @OCCRP, @HashomrimOrg, and @FbdnStories—Panamanian journalist Luis Esquivel Golcher (@esquivelgolcher), an active member of the #SafeBoxNetwork#, is being publicly harassed and threatened by former President Ricardo Martinelli:
Forbidden Stories condemns these threats and reminds that all of Luis Esquivel’s reports are protected by the SafeBox Network. If anything prevents him from continuing his investigation, we will pursue his work with our global network of investigative journalists.
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Hay un tumbador, extorsionador y lavador, el tal supuestamente llamado, Luis Esquivel Golcher, que se hace pasar como periodista e influencer, pero cuya funcion principal es sobornar y extorsionar. Ya pronto presentaremos demanda, con pruebas contundentes de su cuenta personal en Banco General. Antes era socio de Foco ahora es un agente libre. Que dirá su distinguida madre?
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In the latest #GIJNAcademy# masterclass, @laurentrichard0, investigative journalist and founder and director of @FbdnStories, explains how the SafeBox Network protects the work of journalists under threat.
Journalists who join the network can securely send their sensitive drafts and interviews through SecureDrop, along with instructions for what should happen if they are jailed, kidnapped, or killed.
Watch the full video here ⬇️
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🔴🎤 [LIVE FROM LONDON] Trust Conference #TC2026# | Exposing the machinery of digital repression.
“Disinformation is organized. Corruption is organized. Surveillance is organized. So, we, journalists, should be organized as well.”
@laurentrichard0, founder of Forbidden Stories, is taking the stage at the London Trust Conference 2026 @trustconf hosted by the @TRF.
From Russian surveillance technology deployed in Iran to Pegasus spyware in Morocco and the global disinformation industry exposed by our #StoryKillers# investigation, Laurent is revealing how Forbidden Stories and its partners have uncovered the hidden machinery of digital repression.
🔎 Facial recognition, spyware, disinformation campaigns: these powerful tools are designed to operate in the shadows. But investigative journalism can bring them to light.
Through these investigations, Laurent is highlighting a powerful message: cross-border collaboration is essential to exposing those who seek to silence journalists and manipulate information.
✊ Because when journalists work together, their stories become much harder to silence.
Killing the journalist won't kill the story.
#LondonTrustConference# #TC2026# #PressFreedom# #InvestigativeJournalism# #DigitalSurveillance#
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