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Aric Toler
22 days ago
New video piece on the Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital that killed six journalists. From
@ckoettl.bsky.social
,
@sanjanamv.bsky.social
, and Natalie Reneau
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Videos Contradict Israelâs Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010370105/nasser-hospital-gaza-israel-attack-videos.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Marc Owen Jones
4 months ago
Abhorrent. âThe soldiers film people fighting over the aid, and once itâs finished, they throw teargas to disperse the crowd. I saw displaced people who couldnât get any aid picking pasta from the sand.â
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âThese are traps set for the peopleâ: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza
A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/07/story-of-a-mother-shot-dead-searching-for-food-in-gaza?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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We're hiring for a motion designer on our video team in London. Come work with us!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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Motion Designer, Video
London, UK
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorktimes/jobs/4567154005
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Brian Finucane
5 months ago
Truly impressive investigative work. Indeed difficult, but vital to watch. In addition to
@janinadill.bsky.social
's analysis, a few LOAC notes: --no claim of warning prior to firing on ambulances --commander's failure to punish can also be war crime --IDF personnel may face universal jx abroad
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Janina Dill
5 months ago
Critical
@nytimes.com
visual Investigation of the IDF attack against three Red Crescent Vehicles. This is hard to watch, but we mustn't look away. With all available information I struggle to see how the attacks analysed here could be anything but a war crime.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza
Israelâs military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010140613/israel-gaza-medics-attack-idf.html
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Malachy Browne
5 months ago
Latest: The IDF investigated itself, but questions remain about how Israeli soldiers closed around on and fired for over six minutes at rescue workers who were unarmed, in uniform and praying, killing all of them. Our video investigation reconstructs what happened.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Six Deadly Minutes: How Israeli Soldiers Killed 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza
Israelâs military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy repor...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010140613/israel-gaza-medics-attack-idf.html
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Malachy Browne
5 months ago
Reported from Gaza, Israel, West Bank, Egypt, London and Ireland by Bilal Shbair,
@sanjanamv.bsky.social
,
@ckoettl.bsky.social
, Vivian Yee, Malachy Browne, Farnazfa Fassihi, Isabel Kershner, Fatima AbdulKarim. Video edited in New York & London by Natalie Reneau, Jon Hazell and Alexander Cardia.
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Malachy Browne
5 months ago
Our investigation naming & linking RSF commanders to war crimes in Sudan was nominated for the
#NewsEmmys
. đ Watch it here:
youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
By
@sanjanamv.bsky.social
@ckoettl.bsky.social
Natalie Reneau
@declanwalsh.bsky.social
Aaron Byrd with
@cen4infores.bsky.social
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Aric Toler
6 months ago
For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured? Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
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Malachy Browne
6 months ago
Video obtained by
@nytimes.com
confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by
@ckoettl.bsky.social
&
@sanjanamv.bsky.social
show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story đ
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israelâs version of events, which said the vehicles were âadvancing suspiciouslyâ without headlights or emergency signals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.HCKk.cKubmxmLDBsf&smid=url-share
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There's been a spike in Russian forces executing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the past year â we tried to unpick the reasons why, with Kim Barker, Yurii Shyvala + many more
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says
Live drone footage allows Ukraine to observe what it views as war crimes unfold in real time, soldiers say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pow-executions.html
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We found evidence of the IDF setting up watchtowers, creating roads & more within the borders of Syria + Lebanon â with Samuel Granados & Aaron Boxerman
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border
Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/31/world/middleeast/israel-border-military-outposts-syria-lebanon-border.html
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Airwars
6 months ago
Airwars has won an Overseas Press Club award for our investigation into civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. The Kim Wall Award recognises creative and dynamic storytelling. We are honoured to be recognised alongside organisations such as NYT, WSJ and others.
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Christiaan Triebert
8 months ago
Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian death. Officials are drafting a proposal to defund and potentially âdisestablishâ the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, though Congress would have to approve doing so.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths
The Trump administration is laying groundwork to wind down efforts to reduce civilian harm in U.S. military operations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/23/trump-pentagon-civilian-deaths/
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Centre for Information Resilience
8 months ago
Sudan Witness is continuing to monitor and document further footage coming out of Wad Madani and Gezira state, some of which indicates that there may have been violence against unarmed people in civilian clothing. Flash report đ
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SAF takeover Wad Madani
SAF recaptures key city of Wad Madani
https://www.info-res.org/sudan-witness/articles/sudanese-armed-forces-recaptures-key-city-of-wad-madani/
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Our recent video investigation on the R.S.F, a paramilitary group in Sudan, now has Arabic subtitles â you can watch it here
youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
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How âTrophyâ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation
YouTube video by The New York Times
https://youtu.be/H231YlstDKk
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Malachy Browne
9 months ago
Today the US declared the war in Sudan a genocide. It sanctioned the RSF's leader Hemeti and companies supplying his paramilitary forces. Last week we ran this video investigation by
@sanjanamv.bsky.social
& others naming RSF commanders overseeing atrocities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H231...
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How âTrophyâ Videos Link Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan | Visual Investigation
YouTube video by The New York Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H231YlstDKk
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Benjamin Strick
9 months ago
Proud of the Sudan Witness team at
@cen4infores.bsky.social
and the work with
@nytimes.com
to track the commanders in Sudan responsible for some of the horrific events happening in the country. A painful but impactful documentary.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: How âTrophyâ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan
Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000009893408/sudan-war-crimes-rsf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The New York Times
9 months ago
Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times reveals widespread atrocities in Sudan committed by a shadowy paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces â often under commanders' watch.
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Video: How âTrophyâ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan
Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000009893408/sudan-war-crimes-rsf.html?smid?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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For nearly two years, a shadowy paramilitary group â the Rapid Support Forces â has been terrorising Sudan. We spent months collecting evidence that identified commanders and revealed potential war crimes happening under their watch.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: How âTrophyâ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan
Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000009893408/sudan-war-crimes-rsf.html
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Imogen Piper
9 months ago
Our story draws on testimony and verifies videos to trace acts of violent retribution and extrajudicial killings across Syria post Rebel takeover. w/
@ntabrizy.bsky.social
,
@leloveluck.bsky.social
, Loveday Morris, Susan Haidamous and Mustafa Salim
wapo.st/49IXjeO
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Revenge attacks in post-Assad Syria fuel fear and mistrust
Across Syria, the countryâs rebel leaders are struggling to contain revenge attacks, as vigilantes seize on the chaos of the moment to settle personal scores.
https://wapo.st/49IXjeO
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Carol Rosenberg
9 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: During his years at Guantanamo a Malaysian prisoner did forensic-style sketches showing his torture by the CIA. They are now part of his sealed court record. But we have obtained them exclusively for you to see.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
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Prisonerâs Self-Portraits of C.I.A. Torture Surface From Sealed Court Record
âThis is what his nightmares are all about,â said a lawyer for a now-confessed war criminal who spent years at GuantĂĄnamo Bay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/politics/guantanamo-prisoner-drawings-torture.html
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Belkis Wille
9 months ago
Hear from survivors of war crimes & potential crimes against humanity committed as part of attacks in South Kordofan during which RSF killed, raped, injured dozens of civilians, and looting & destroying homes that displaced 10s of thousands
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj8P...
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Sexual Slavery in Sudan
YouTube video by Human Rights Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj8P1zbZ46s
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Declan Walsh
10 months ago
Exclusive â A luxury jet, a secret cargo, and the gold rush propelling Africa's biggest war. How a gold trade that Sudanese once hoped would lift their country is turning out to be its downfall.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...
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The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War (Gift Article)
Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/world/africa/sudan-gold-rush-heart-civil-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk4.3eI5.lvmolgRvmPUf&smid=url-share
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Malachy Browne
10 months ago
Thanks for the nudge. cc
@trbrtc.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/3a2seQC
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Eliot Higgins
10 months ago
Mnemonic Labs is looking for an open source investigator for their work on Ukraine.
mnemonic.org/en/about/job...
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Curating visual documentation for justice and human rights
https://mnemonic.org/en/about/jobs/open-source-investigator-ukrainian-archive
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Christiaan Triebert
10 months ago
Around 3 pm today, airstrikes reportedly hit 5 medical facilities in Idlib City, Syria, incl. 4 hospitals (one with a maternity ward). Flight data from @SentrySyria shows two Russian aircraft departed Hmeimim and circled above the opposition-held city at the time of the strikes.
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Aric Toler
10 months ago
New: Israel is greatly expanding the buffer zone around the Netzarim Corridor. We counted more than 600 structures destroyed there since September. And Israel has built at least 19 bases there. From Aaron Boxerman,
@rileymellen.bsky.social
, Patrick Kingsley, and me.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
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Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases, a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and video footage shows.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-bases-netzarim.html
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Michael Weiss
10 months ago
A Russian spy ring was tasked with kidnapping and/or murdering my two colleagues, Christo Grozev and Roman Dobrokhotov, a UK court has now heard.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Russian spying ring âplanned honeytrap to bait journalistsâ
Two Bulgarian men have pleaded guilty to spying for Russians in the UK
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/bulgarian-men-guilty-spying-russia-q86k02rnv
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Bashar Deeb / بشاع ŘŻŮب
10 months ago
đŁ Syrian journalists, artists, architects and activists residing in Europe, this is a chance to attend a free 4 days extensive training in digital investigations techniques with
@lhreports.bsky.social
in Berlin
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Gabriel Geiger
10 months ago
I do a lot of FOIA and Iâm used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Swedenâs welfare agency FĂśrsäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing âNow we must hope that we are done with him.â
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William Christou
10 months ago
Breaking- A Guardian investigation can reveal Israel used a US munition to target & kill 3 journalists in south Lebanon on 25 Oct, a potential war crime. Israeli surveillance tech & use of precision bomb means it likely knew it was targeting journalists.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime, legal experts say
Israel used US munition to target and kill three members of the press in Lebanon, Guardian investigation reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/killing-of-journalists-in-israeli-strike-could-be-a-war-legal-experts-say
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Dhruv Mehrotra
10 months ago
Billions of coordinates sold by a US data broker exposed the movements of thousands of US military & intel personnelâfrom nuclear vaults and NSA hubs to their homes and brothels. The DoD knows the data is out there but canât stop its sale. Itâs putting everyone at risk
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germanyâand the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-data-us-soldiers-spies-nuclear-germany/
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Aric Toler
10 months ago
Since he's not on this site, I'll post this here. Younis Tirawi found that the IDF has turned north Gaza's only water desalination plant into a military base. It's located just north of Gaza City, and satellite imagery confirms the presence of military vehicles.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-water...
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Israeli Troops Have Turned North Gazaâs Only Desalination Station Into a Military Base
Israeli troops hung a sign announcing northern Gazaâs only desalination station is now an "operational compound"
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-water-desalination-plant-israeli-base
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Malachy Browne
10 months ago
You can follow the NYTimes Visual Investigations team on this bsky list. Will add more as they sign up here.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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