Forbidden Stories - Stichting Veronica

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Media and content

Year of establishment
2017

Year of investment
2019

Country
France

Forbidden Stories

Forbidden Stories is an international journalism network that continues sensitive investigations when journalists are threatened, imprisoned, or killed. Forbidden Stories collaborates with media partners worldwide to overcome censorship and intimidation, protect press freedom, and ensure that stories about corruption, wrongdoing, and abuses of power continue to be published.

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BBC highlights the exceptional mission of Forbidden Stories

This programme focuses on the work of Forbidden Stories, which continues the investigations of journalists who have been killed, imprisoned, or silenced.

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Missing Ukrainian reporter’s work continued

29.4.2026 - The Guardian

The opinion piece highlights how organisations such as Forbidden Stories ensure investigations continue when journalists are imprisoned or disappear. Their work helps keep critical reporting alive.

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How cross-border collaboration continues to evolve

16.4.2026 - International Journalism Festival

Laurent Richard discusses how international collaborations such as Forbidden Stories are evolving to investigate cross-border wrongdoing more effectively.

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‘If one reporter is killed, 50 other reporters will rise’

11.12.2025 - YouTube (FRANCE 24)

In this interview with FRANCE 24, Laurent Richard describes international collaboration as a deterrent for violence against journalists: killing one journalist only leads to more investigations and greater exposure.

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IJ4EU Impact Award recognises high-impact investigative journalism

27.9.2025 - European Centre for Press & Media Freedom

The IJ4EU Impact Award honours ‘The Gaza Project’, a consortium of 50 reporters from 13 newsrooms led by Forbidden Stories, as one of the winners..

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Why an investigative news story cannot be killed

27.6.2025 - YouTube (De Balie)

At this event at De Balie, Laurent Richard explains how Forbidden Stories keeps the investigations of threatened and murdered journalists alive.

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Safeguarding independence in publicly funded journalism

12.4.2025 - International Journalism Festival

As a panellist, Laurent Richard shares his perspective on protecting editorial independence when governments play a role in media funding.

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Forbidden Stories proves that a story survives its reporter

30.1.2025 - Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek

Laurent Richard explains why carrying investigations of threatened or murdered journalists forward is the strongest possible response to attacks on press freedom.

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Laurent Richard: ‘My dream is that every story survives’

21.12.2024 - De Standaard

In this interview with De Standaard, Laurent Richard explains how Forbidden Stories functions as a safety net proving that violence against journalists ultimately backfires.

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Emmy Award for documentary about Pegasus spyware

26.9.2024 - Frontline

Forbidden Stories and their partners received a News & Documentary Emmy for Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus. The award recognises the impact of spyware used against journalists, activists, and politicians.

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Laurent Richard on the power of cross-border investigative journalism

3.5.2024 - YouTube (Global Investigative Journalism Network)

At GIJC23, Laurent Richard discusses how Forbidden Stories organises cross-border collaboration to continue sensitive investigations.

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Forbidden Stories ensures investigations are never buried

3.5.2024 - Global Investigative Journalism Network

This article explains how Forbidden Stories takes over unfinished investigations from threatened or murdered journalists and completes them with international media partners.

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Mission: preventing journalists from being silenced

19.4.2024 - International Journalism Festival

Laurent Richard explains how Forbidden Stories ensures that intimidation never brings an investigation to an end.

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Forbidden Stories keeps investigations alive through collaboration

29.3.2023 - YouTube (Ashoka)

In this Ashoka video, Laurent Richard explains how international collaboration not only protects stories but also strengthens the safety and impact of investigative journalism.

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Pegasus Project wins George Polk Award for investigative journalism

21.2.2022 - The Guardian

The international Pegasus Project, an investigation by the Guardian, Washington Post, and Forbidden Stories, was awarded for exposing large-scale spyware abuse.

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Pegasus Project awarded European journalism prize

14.10.2021 - European Parliament

The European Parliament has awarded the Pegasus Project the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. The honour underscores the importance of reporting that exposes abuses of power.

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An answer to the violence against journalists

6.4.2019 - International Journalism Festival

Laurent Richard discusses how Forbidden Stories uses investigative journalism to pursue justice when journalists are murdered.

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Defending press freedom against political pressure

5.4.2019 - International Journalism Festival

In this session, Laurent Richard highlights international solidarity and collaboration as essential safeguards to resist political attacks on press freedom.