Journalists Under Threat

Tobore Ovuorie
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Tobore Ovuorie

For four months, Nigerian investigative journalist Tobore Ovuorie posed as a sex worker determined to shine a light on the plight of women trafficked for sex, only to become trapped by the very people she sought to expose. Her report, published in 2014, revealed the full horror of her experience. She had uncovered a network of violence, murder and organ harvesting.

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Rana Rahimpour
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Rana Rahimpour

Rana Rahimpour has faced death threats, rape threats, travel bans, asset freezes, and online smears since starting work for the BBC’s Persian service.

Born and raised in Iran. She has a bachelor’s degree in English-Persian translation from Islamic Azad University and another in accounting from Al- Zahra University. When she aspired to work for the UN, she chose journalism, believing it would be ‘a good gateway into humanitarian work’.

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Izabella Evloeva
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Izabella Evloeva

In 2019, journalist Izabella Evloeva, then aged 36, left Russia for what she thought would be a two-month break.

Three and a half years later, she has yet to return after being placed on a watch list for covering protests in Ingushetia on her news website Fortanga.

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