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SUMMARY:When people silence a story\, make it louder
DTSTAMP:20260520T215605Z
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DESCRIPTION:‘Investigating had never been more dangerous.’ That is the conc
	lusion drawn by\njournalistic platform Forbidden Stories from its survey o
	f threatened\njournalists. A conversation with founder Laurent Richard abo
	ut the worsening\nstate of global press freedom.\n\nThis spring\, the Worl
	d Press Freedom Index was published for the 25th time.\nPress freedom worl
	dwide has never been in a worse state in the history of the\nindex. Only a
	 handful of countries\, including the Netherlands\, score ‘good’.\n\nForbi
	dden Stories knows how severely journalists can be suppressed. This\njourn
	alistic platform completes and publishes investigative stories from\njourn
	alists who have been arrested or killed while doing their work. Reporting\
	non corruption\, human rights violations\, and organised crime in particul
	ar can\nput journalists in serious danger.\n\nAccording to Forbidden Stori
	es\, it is not so much NGOs or lawsuits that are\nfeared\, but investigati
	ve stories that bring the truth to light. Hence their\nstatement: ‘When pe
	ople try to silence a story\, make it louder.’\n\nIn conversation with Lau
	rent Richard about world press freedom and the power of\ninvestigative jou
	rnalism
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/when-people-silence-a-story-make-it-lou
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>‘Investigating had never been more 
	dangerous.’ That is the conclusion drawn by journalistic platform Forbidde
	n Stories from its survey of threatened journalists. A conversation with f
	ounder Laurent Richard about the worsening state of global press freedom.<
	/strong></p> <p>This spring, the World Press Freedom Index was published f
	or the 25th time. Press freedom worldwide has never been in a worse state 
	in the history of the index. Only a handful of countries, including the Ne
	therlands, score ‘good’.</p> <p>Forbidden Stories knows how severely journ
	alists can be suppressed. This journalistic platform completes and publish
	es investigative stories from journalists who have been arrested or killed
	 while doing their work. Reporting on corruption, human rights violations,
	 and organised crime in particular can put journalists in serious danger.<
	/p> <p>According to Forbidden Stories, it is not so much NGOs or lawsuits 
	that are feared, but investigative stories that bring the truth to light. 
	Hence their statement: ‘When people try to silence a story, make it louder
	.’</p> <p>In conversation with Laurent Richard about world press freedom a
	nd the power of investigative journalism</p>
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