Laurent Richard
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Leading Forbidden Stories l Investigative journalist| Emmy award winning producer l Ashoka fellow l Co-author "Pegasus" l [email protected]
Paris, France
Joined January 2011
In August 2023, Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared while investigating the secret detention of civilians by Russia. A year later, her body was returned. Tortured. Dead in captivity. Today, we tell her story. #ViktoriiaProject 1/
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Want to know more how we pursue the work of silenced journalists ? Watch this documentary about Forbidden Stories. 📺📺📺
@laurentrichard0 @AbzasMedia @vpro @DeutscheWelle @ARIJNetwork 📽️ Watch now on YouTube in Spanish: https://t.co/kgl6FuNK4k *Also available in English: https://t.co/wBq4ldvFVQ All articles of the #BakuConnection Project available at: https://t.co/Z1OZ1NYt9u 6/6
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So excited to join the conference and meet with so many inspiring reporters from the entire globe!
@PhilipObaji @NgeungaM @pulitzercenter @aselmousa @Hadeelarja @FrontlineInFocu @tw_reporter_org @ZahraYusufi @ZanTimes @MediaGFMD @laurentrichard0 @FbdnStories @karlamendes @mongabay_brasil @juan_martinezd @anyaSIPA @Columbia @Andrea_K_Ho @AFTRS ✨ These are just some of the incredible journalists, data experts & media leaders from nearly 100 countries who will be at #GIJC25. 🔗 More info & registration
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“Killing the journalist won't kill the story.” How an unprecedented collaboration of journalists from 18 countries investigated attacks on Palestinian media workers in Gaza – The Fix’s @RomainChvt spoke with @laurentrichard0, founder of @FbdnStories. https://t.co/rqRXODIznX
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Led by Forbidden Stories, an international coalition is investigating the circumstances behind the killing of Palestinian journalists
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Today, on the day of her funeral in Kyiv, we honour Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity last year. At Truth Tellers, @FbdnStories founder @laurentrichard0 and The Guardian’s @JulietteGarside joined @BBCkatyaadler to discuss the extraordinary
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At Truth Tellers Investigative Journalist and Founder of @FbdnStories @laurentrichard0 described the different challenges for young journalists today, compared to when his career began 25 years ago. #sirharrysummit
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In episode 50, Emmy-winning journalists @laurentrichard0 and @sandrinerigaud tuned in to talk about their book, “Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy” (@MacmillanUSA 2023). Now streaming everywhere. https://t.co/76fYBs7dRZ
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#Serbia: 300km from Belgrade, in the small town of Dimitrovgrad, a corruption story is unfolding. 🏗️ Botched public projects 💰 Shady tenders benefiting the mayor’s allies 🕵️ A reporter spied on to silence investigations Faced with pressure and threats, @FAR_portal chose to
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Catch up on Truth Tellers 2025! You can now watch every panel from the third annual Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit online. Conversations between fearless reporters, editors, photojournalists and activists — all united by one goal: speaking truth to power. 🎥
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Editors and reporters catch up in the green room before taking the stage at Truth Tellers #sirharrysummit Watch it all unfold live: https://t.co/c1c4ip5WOM
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📰Putin’s Ghost Prisons: The Life And Death Of Viktoriia Roshchyna How a global journalism collaboration finished the investigation cut short by the death of a Ukrainian journalist in Russian captivity. 🗣️ @juliettegarside @laurentRichard0
@bbckatyaadler 🔴Livestream now:
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🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☀️Very honored to receive the El Mundo International Journalism Award alongside Emma Tucker, director of The Wall Street Journal. Looking forward to the ceremony in Madrid in November!
EL MUNDO falla los Premios Internacionales de Periodismo Mejor labor periodística: @emmatuckerWSJ directora de The Wall Street Journal Libertad de prensa: @laurentrichard0 presidente del Consorcio periodístico Forbidden Stories
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📰 Putin’s Ghost Prisons: The Life And Death Of Viktoriia Roshchyna How a global journalism collaboration finished the investigation cut short by the death of a Ukrainian journalist in Russian captivity. 🗣️ @JulietteGarside @laurentrichard0 @BBCkatyaadler 📆 Livestream on 7th
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She was journalist. What we know about the torture of Viktoriia Roshchyna in Taganrog prison, the « Russian Guantanamo » #pressfreedom #WPFD
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👉 Ce matin, @celynebd reçoit @laurentrichard0, directeur du consortium de journalistes @FbdnStories, à l’occasion de la journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, ce samedi 3 mai. À suivre à 9h50 sur @franceinfo 📻 ⤵️ https://t.co/zQI0uQOwkj
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.@FbdnStories' latest investigation, Russia’s ‘Ghost Detainees’, finishes the work Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna died pursuing. Hear from @JulietteGarside & @laurentrichard0 at #SirHarrySummit, 7 May. 🎥 Livestream: https://t.co/sxb1rBtBnJ
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"Un Guantanamo russe" révélé par Forbidden Stories "Nous avons pu reconstituer l'intérieur de la prison de Taganrog" @laurentrichard0 #Ukraine #Russie #F24 #AutourdumondeF24
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@osviz_jarrett @NastyaGalouchka @DrAliceJEdwards @CatherineBelton Huge thanks to the 45 journalists, led by @FbdnStories, who joined forces to investigate Roshchyna's death in Russian captivity. And especially grateful to @NastyaGalouchka @PeterFinnWP @nadineajaka @tylerremmel @olivierclaurent @JoeMoore1984 for bringing Vika's story to life🙏
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Her work was essential. Our commitment is clear: to document, to expose, and to ensure the truth is heard. Thank you to all the teams and partners who made this possible. #ViktoriiaProject #ForbiddenStories #PressFreedom #UkraineRussiaWar️️
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Viktoriia wanted to make invisible victims visible. By continuing her investigation, we honor this promise: never let a story die with the journalist who carried it. 6/
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