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RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims...
RSS Hindutva

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...
Hindi Imposition Controversy

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...
Bihar Near Misses

Shocking Bihar Near Misses: The Land of Unfulfilled Promise

Despite its rich cultural heritage, Bihar has lagged in development as highlighted in this investigative story titled, "Bihar Near Misses". In recent years its...
Wagner-mutiny-July-2023

Wagner Mutiny: Inside the Dreadful 2023 Armed Revolt That Shook the...

The June 2023 Wagner Mutiny by Russia’s Wagner private army stunned the Kremlin and the world. Wagner fighters under Yevgeny Prigozhin seized Rostov-on-Don and...
Disability Rights In India

EXCLUSIVETerror of Disability Rights in India: Systematically Undermined, Rattled and Broken...

India’s Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 aims to empower disabled individuals by expanding the list of recognized disabilities from seven to...
Honour Killing Belt

EXCLUSIVEThe Cost of Honour: Inside India’s Deadly Honour Killing Belt in...

India’s honour killing belt – spanning Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh – has been the site of a horrifying surge in murders justified as protecting...
Art As Activism

EXCLUSIVEArt as Activism: Transformative Creative Power Fueling Change

From São Paulo to Sydney, Lagos to London, artists have long interwoven creativity with protest. In every era, art has echoed the struggles of...
Crisis Of Trust

Crisis of Trust: Restoring Confidence in Institutions and Leaders

Jacob Thomas, a Kansas farmer, put the problem in stark terms after federal cuts to a school lunch program: “For the first time in...
Challenging Conventional Metrics

Redefining Success: Challenging Conventional Metrics in Business And Life

Success—whether in business or in life—has long been measured by familiar yardsticks: GDP growth, quarterly profits, test scores, and productivity metrics. Yet many leaders,...
Innovation In Education

Empowering Transformation: Exciting Innovation in Education for Future Generations

Education is universally recognized as transformative. As UNESCO notes, education “transforms lives” and is at the heart of efforts to eradicate poverty and advance...

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India

Under the gleaming towers and digital triumphs of modern India a darker reality festers in silence. In our India section you will find unflinching investigations about caste brokers, communal networks, shadow armies, corporate giants, judicial cover-ups and digital surveillances. Our stories dig deep into the hidden engines of power and profit that scar the nation’s soul.

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections

This article titled, "How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections" was originally published by Poonam Agarwal...

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections

This article titled, "How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections" was originally published by Poonam Agarwal...

2024’s Best Investigative Stories in India: Tracking Election Donations, Illicit Gold Markets, Parliamentary Stonewalling

This article, "2024’s Best Investigative Stories in India: Tracking Election Donations, Illicit Gold Markets, Parliamentary Stonewalling" was published by Deepak Tiwari for Global Investigative...

Deadly India Plane Crash, Airstrikes in Iran and Israel, Los Angeles ICE Protests, and ‘Jaws’ Turns 50

This article titled, "India Plane Crash, Airstrikes in Iran and Israel, Los Angeles ICE Protests, and ‘Jaws’ Turns 50" was originally published by Ana...

The Cost of Honour: Inside India’s Deadly Honour Killing Belt in Haryana, Rajasthan, and Western UP

India’s honour killing belt – spanning Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh – has been the site of a horrifying surge in murders justified as protecting...

Terror of Disability Rights in India: Systematically Undermined, Rattled and Broken by Bureaucracy

India’s Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 aims to empower disabled individuals by expanding the list of recognized disabilities from seven to...

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migrant abuses on cargo truck

EXCLUSIVEMigrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did...

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...
Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon

EXCLUSIVEBringing an Investigation on Hidden Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian...

This article titled, "Bringing an Investigation on Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage" was original published by César López Linares,...
Political Fundraising Scandal

EXCLUSIVEHow Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal...

This article titled, "How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections" was originally published by Poonam Agarwal...
Art As Activism

EXCLUSIVEArt as Activism: Transformative Creative Power Fueling Change

From São Paulo to Sydney, Lagos to London, artists have long interwoven creativity with protest. In every era, art has echoed the struggles of...
Investigating the cultural sector

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

This story titled, "Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector" was originally published by Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network While it’s become...
Nicaragua Confidencial

Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua Confidencial

This article titled, "Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua Confidencial" was originally published by Lucero Hernández García for Global Investigative Journalism...
RSS Hindutva

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...
migrant abuses on cargo truck

EXCLUSIVEMigrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did...

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...
Child labor abuses in the american south

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a...

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...
Dirty Money And Illicit Operations

Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin...

This article titled, "Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists" was originally published by Santiago Villa for Global...
Foreign Donor Funded Journalism

The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor...

This article titled, "The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor Funded Journalism" was originally published by Francisca Skoknic for Global...
Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon

EXCLUSIVEBringing an Investigation on Hidden Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian...

This article titled, "Bringing an Investigation on Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage" was original published by César López Linares,...
Political Fundraising Scandal

EXCLUSIVEHow Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal...

This article titled, "How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections" was originally published by Poonam Agarwal...
Investigating Inside Syria

Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Deadly Fall

For The Investigative Article "Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Fall" By Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network • July 1,...
Wagner-mutiny-July-2023

Wagner Mutiny: Inside the Dreadful 2023 Armed Revolt That Shook the...

The June 2023 Wagner Mutiny by Russia’s Wagner private army stunned the Kremlin and the world. Wagner fighters under Yevgeny Prigozhin seized Rostov-on-Don and...

Americas

Beneath the glittering skylines and corporate facades of the Americas lies a web of power plays, clandestine alliances, and truths buried under centuries of exploitation. In our Americas section, we tear through the veneer of democracy to expose the corrosive forces like organized crime syndicates, political scandals, environmental plunder, and corporate malfeasance and various othersthat shape lives from Ciudad Juárez to Toronto, from Wall Street to the favelas of Rio.

Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last, Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, And Trump’s Massive Budget Bill

This story titled, "Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last" was originally published by Hanna Duggal for...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...

Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last, Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, And Trump’s Massive Budget Bill

This story titled, "Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last" was originally published by Hanna Duggal for...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...

Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists

This article titled, "Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists" was originally published by Santiago Villa for Global...

The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor Funded Journalism

This article titled, "The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor Funded Journalism" was originally published by Francisca Skoknic for Global...

What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters, and Focus on the Global South

This article titled, "What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters, and Focus on the Global South" was originally published by...

Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s Crazy America

This article titled, "Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s America" was originally published by Maggie Amacher, National Press Club Journalism Institute for...

Bringing an Investigation on Hidden Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage

This article titled, "Bringing an Investigation on Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage" was original published by César López Linares,...

Human Rights And Civil Liberties

Beneath the promises of justice and equality countless lives are silenced by systems meant to protect them. In our Human Rights and Civil Liberties section you will find relentless investigations into the grave abuses that thrive in plain sight and the hidden chains that bind the most vulnerable. We expose forced disappearances carried out under midnight orders. We document police torture concealed behind official reports. We trace the global surveillance networks that strip citizens of privacy and the legal loopholes governments exploit to crush dissent.

National Human Rights Records: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process To Safely Evaluate

This article titled, "National Human Rights Records: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process to Evaluate" was originally published by Toby McIntosh for Global...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...

National Human Rights Records: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process To Safely Evaluate

This article titled, "National Human Rights Records: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process to Evaluate" was originally published by Toby McIntosh for Global...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...
Hindi Imposition Controversy

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...
Investigating the cultural sector

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

This story titled, "Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector" was originally published by Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network While it’s become...
Press Freedom in West africa

Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability

This investigative story titled, "Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability" was originally published by Banjo Damilola for Global Investigative...
RSS Hindutva

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...
Voice of America

What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters,...

This article titled, "What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters, and Focus on the Global South" was originally published by...
Innovation In Education

Empowering Transformation: Exciting Innovation in Education for Future Generations

Education is universally recognized as transformative. As UNESCO notes, education “transforms lives” and is at the heart of efforts to eradicate poverty and advance...
Challenging Conventional Metrics

Redefining Success: Challenging Conventional Metrics in Business And Life

Success—whether in business or in life—has long been measured by familiar yardsticks: GDP growth, quarterly profits, test scores, and productivity metrics. Yet many leaders,...
Crisis Of Trust

Crisis of Trust: Restoring Confidence in Institutions and Leaders

Jacob Thomas, a Kansas farmer, put the problem in stark terms after federal cuts to a school lunch program: “For the first time in...
Art As Activism

EXCLUSIVEArt as Activism: Transformative Creative Power Fueling Change

From São Paulo to Sydney, Lagos to London, artists have long interwoven creativity with protest. In every era, art has echoed the struggles of...

South Asia

In our South Asia section you will find relentless investigations into the alliances of corrupt politicians and business tycoons that prey on poverty and dissent. We track weapons smuggling networks feeding insurgencies in the borderlands and unearth corporate land grabs that uproot indigenous communities. Each report is forged from undercover field work stolen documents and direct testimony from those who risk everything to speak out.

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

Informative Guide to Investigating Land Conflicts in South Asia

This article titled, "Guide to Investigating Land Conflicts in South Asia" was originally published by Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava for Global Investigative Journalism Network on...

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

Informative Guide to Investigating Land Conflicts in South Asia

This article titled, "Guide to Investigating Land Conflicts in South Asia" was originally published by Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava for Global Investigative Journalism Network on...
Child labor abuses in the american south

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a...

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...
Dirty Money And Illicit Operations

Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin...

This article titled, "Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists" was originally published by Santiago Villa for Global...
Foreign Donor Funded Journalism

The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor...

This article titled, "The Threat And Possible Effective Solutions to Latin America’s Foreign Donor Funded Journalism" was originally published by Francisca Skoknic for Global...
Political Fundraising Scandal

EXCLUSIVEHow Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal...

This article titled, "How Reporting From Six Years Ago Exposed a Political Fundraising Scandal That Rocked India’s Elections" was originally published by Poonam Agarwal...
Electoral Bonds Scheme

The Missing Billions: How India’s Electoral Bonds Scheme Changed Political Funding...

The electoral bonds scheme – introduced in 2018 and scrapped by India’s Supreme Court in February 2024 – transformed political fundraising. Suddenly, individuals and companies could...

Middle East

In Our Middle East Section we track illicit arms corridors flowing through silent border crossings. We expose secret oil deals that bankroll militias and enrich regimes. We document the surveillance systems that crush dissent under the guise of security. We unearth the human cost of refugee camps where hope is traded for aid. Each report is forged from months of undercover field work stolen documents and eyewitness testimony.

Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last, Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, And Trump’s Massive Budget Bill

This story titled, "Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last" was originally published by Hanna Duggal for...

Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last, Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, And Trump’s Massive Budget Bill

This story titled, "Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last" was originally published by Hanna Duggal for...
Civil Rights Era Killings

Investigating Cold Cases: How Two Journalists Dug Deep Into Decades-Old Civil...

This report titled, "Investigating Cold Cases: How Two Journalists Dug Deep Into Decades-Old Civil Rights Era Killings" was originally published by Ngozi Monica Cole...

Social Justice And Inequality

In our Social Justice and Inequality section you will find investigations into the laws and power structures that entrench privilege and punish the poor. We expose the prison‑industrial complex that profits from mass incarceration. We track the billionaire donors who shape policy to safeguard their wealth. We document housing policies that segregate entire communities along racial and economic lines. We uncover workplace practices that underpay and exploit migrant labor.

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a Team from Reuters Investigated This

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...
Press Freedom in West africa

Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability

This investigative story titled, "Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability" was originally published by Banjo Damilola for Global Investigative...
Nicaragua Confidencial

Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua Confidencial

This article titled, "Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua Confidencial" was originally published by Lucero Hernández García for Global Investigative Journalism...
migrant abuses on cargo truck

EXCLUSIVEMigrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did...

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...

Policy And Governance

Under the veneer of policy praise and public mandate laws are drafted to serve insiders and betray citizens. In our Policy and Governance section you will find investigations into the corridors of power where decisions are forged in secret for profit and influence. We trace the lobbyists who ghostwrite legislation and the corporate emissaries pulling the strings behind closed doors. We expose regulators turned gatekeepers for industry giants and the revolving doors that blur the line between oversight and collusion.

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...

Europe

In our Europe section we trace the lobbyists who reshape EU laws for corporate profit. We expose the offshore havens where the ultra‑rich stash assets beyond reach of tax and transparency. We document the surge of extremist movements that exploit economic despair and stoke division. Each report is built on months of covert interviews leaked documents and on‑the‑ground reporting in capitals from Brussels to Budapest.

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

This story titled, "Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector" was originally published by Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network While it’s become...

Denmark Welfare System Algorithms: How Amnesty International Dug Deep Into Its Investigation

This story titled, "Denmark Welfare System Algorithms: How Amnesty International Investigated it" was originally published by Hellen Mukiri-Smith, Hajira Maryam, and David Nolan, Amnesty...

Best Investigative Stories in French In 2024: Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal

This story titled, "Best Investigative Stories in French In 2024: Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal"...

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

This story titled, "Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector" was originally published by Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network While it’s become...

Denmark Welfare System Algorithms: How Amnesty International Dug Deep Into Its Investigation

This story titled, "Denmark Welfare System Algorithms: How Amnesty International Investigated it" was originally published by Hellen Mukiri-Smith, Hajira Maryam, and David Nolan, Amnesty...

Best Investigative Stories in French In 2024: Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal

This story titled, "Best Investigative Stories in French In 2024: Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal"...

Terrible Foreign Agent Law in Bosnia Threatens Independent Media

This article titled, "Foreign Agent Law in Bosnia Threatens Independent Media" was originally published by Dusica Tomovic, The Fix for Global Investigative Journalism Network...

Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last, Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, And Trump’s Massive Budget Bill

This story titled, "Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last" was originally published by Hanna Duggal for...

Wagner Mutiny: Inside the Dreadful 2023 Armed Revolt That Shook the Kremlin

The June 2023 Wagner Mutiny by Russia’s Wagner private army stunned the Kremlin and the world. Wagner fighters under Yevgeny Prigozhin seized Rostov-on-Don and...
Hindi Imposition Controversy

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of...
Investigating the cultural sector

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

This story titled, "Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector" was originally published by Alexa van Sickle for Global Investigative Journalism Network While it’s become...
RSS Hindutva

RSS Hindutva and the “Bharat First” Ideology: An Investigative Profile

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is India’s largest Hindu nationalist volunteer organization, founded in 1925. It claims to be a cultural body, but its...
migrant abuses on cargo truck

EXCLUSIVEMigrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did...

This investigative story titled, "Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes and How They Did It" was originally published by Rowan Philp for Global...
Child labor abuses in the american south

Terrible Child Labor Abuses in the American South and How a...

This article titled, "How a Team from Reuters Investigated Child Labor Abuses in the American South" was originally published by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s...
Innovation In Education

Empowering Transformation: Exciting Innovation in Education for Future Generations

Education is universally recognized as transformative. As UNESCO notes, education “transforms lives” and is at the heart of efforts to eradicate poverty and advance...
Honour Killing Belt

EXCLUSIVEThe Cost of Honour: Inside India’s Deadly Honour Killing Belt in...

India’s honour killing belt – spanning Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh – has been the site of a horrifying surge in murders justified as protecting...

China

In our China section we track secret networks of Guanxi that enrich officials and crush rivals. We expose the vast data harvesting operations that monitor millions of citizens. We document the forced relocations and land seizures that clear way for development projects. We unearth the supply chains stained by prison labor and hidden abuses. We trace the influence campaigns that spread propaganda far beyond China’s borders.

Honour Killing Belt

EXCLUSIVEThe Cost of Honour: Inside India’s Deadly Honour Killing Belt in...

India’s honour killing belt – spanning Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh – has been the site of a horrifying surge in murders justified as protecting...

Trackers

In our Trackers section we expose the data brokers who stitch together your online habits into predictive dossiers. We follow the spyware deployed by governments to crush dissent and silence critics. We trace the ad networks that embed invisible beacons on your phone and desktop. We uncover the secret partnerships between tech giants, politicians and security firms that monetize your most intimate moments.

Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability

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