Present last year at the Normandy World Peace Forum during the conference “Protecting Freedom Defenders”, Edouard Perrin and his association Forbidden Stories continue their fight for freedom of information at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award.
Forbidden Stories is an international organization whose mission is to continue the investigations of journalists who have been silenced by censorship, imprisonment, or assassination. Drawing on a global network of reporters, it protects and extends the work of threatened colleagues in order to guarantee access to information of public interest. Through journalistic collaboration, Forbidden Stories aims to deter violence against the press by demonstrating that silencing a journalist will only reinforce the dissemination of their revelations.
Retrospective of their participation in the Normandy World Peace Forum 2024
Two Forbidden Stories highlights at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award 2025
📸 “Gaza Project” Exhibition | October 6 to November 8
Since October 2023, more than 200 journalists have lost their lives in Gaza, in what has become the deadliest conflict for the press in decades. In this investigation, Forbidden Stories reveals targeted attacks on journalists, the destruction of media infrastructure, and violations of international law. A gripping look into a conflict where information itself has become a target.
🎙 Roundtable discussion – Viktoriia Project | Thursday, October 9 at 4:30 p.m.
Following the disappearance and death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was captured while investigating illegal detentions in the occupied territories, Forbidden Stories coordinated a collective investigation involving 45 journalists from around the world. The Viktoriia Project, published in April 2025, exposes an international system of repression and pays tribute to a journalist who paid with her life for her quest for truth.
