Journalists under threat send their research to our team of reporters to make sure it can never be buried, says Laurent Richard, director of the Forbidden Stories consortium
. This collaborative and international investigation is reporting significant information pertaining to environmental and health damage by mining companies in Córdoba, the region of Colombia Moreno is from. It is also unmasking a suspected massive system of favoritism and potential embezzlement of public funds that Moreno had begun to look into.
A few days before he was killed, Rafael told Forbidden Stories that if anything were to happen to him, he wanted his investigations to be pursued and published worldwide. For six months, 30 journalists coordinated by the French nonprofit Forbidden Stories have pursued Moreno’s leads to keep his investigations alive.
This project is being published by 32 media organizations and sends a clear message to the enemies of the free press, not only in Colombia but around the world: killing a journalist won’t kill the story.Like Moreno, dozens of journalists under threat around the world are protecting their sensitive information and investigations through the. This new network is quickly growing.
To Moreno’s killers: you were wrong. This week, 32 media outlets around the world are publishing Moreno’s investigations. Killing the journalist won’t kill the story.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our
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