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The Observers

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The Observers

@Observers

With our Observers, we produce a website and a weekly TV show on @FRANCE24. Send your videos and photos to [email protected] and become an Observer!

Paris, France

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Joined September 2008

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Dec 1, 2025
🇸🇩 The first part of our two-part investigation revealed how barrels of chlorine gas were used as a weapon in Sudan. Exclusive documents now show that they were imported into the country by a company with links to the Sudanese army. 1/17 👇
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Sep 22, 2022
Women are at the centre of the anti-regime protests that have exploded across Iran.
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Nov 25, 2022
Iranians sent us photos showing at least 13 shotgun shells made by the Franco-Italian company Cheddite recovered from protests. Meanwhile, EU sanctions ban the sale of any equipment that may be used for "internal repression" in Iran.
How EU-made shotgun cartridges ended up being used to repress protests in Iran
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Jun 24, 2023
“Love jihad” is a massive conspiracy theory openly supported by officials from #India's ruling party, the BJP. But is there any truth to it?
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Nov 2, 2023
Settler attacks have increased against Palestinians in the West Bank. The violence is of a proportion not seen since 2005. The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke to a member of an NGO settlement watch team to learn more about the latest wave of violence.
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Aug 2, 2023
As opposition protests raged in Bangladesh, police set up checkpoints around the capital, searching civilians' phones for any sign of anti-government sentiment.
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The Observers
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Nov 29, 2022
When fired at a distance using special ammunition like plastic pellets, shotguns can be considered “less-lethal” weapons used in crowd control. But that’s not how they have been used in Iran.
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Mar 14, 2021
🇪🇹 VIDEO: The Observers team was able to geolocalise a video showing a massacre near the monastery of Debre Abaye in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region. #OSINT ⤵️ bit.ly/2OtRcFX
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Mar 9, 2022
Over 1,000 verified photos and videos have been added to a map created by the @Cen4infoRes to document the Russian invasion in #Ukraine. @BenDoBrown told us how the map works and why archiving these images is so important.
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Dec 23, 2019
Coming up tonight at 1830 GMT, a special investigative video report by @FRANCE24 @Observers: “Iran’s Hidden Slaughter”. We reviewed more than 750 amateur images documenting the wave of demonstrations and violence that killed at least 304 people last month.
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Mar 12, 2021
🇪🇹 INVESTIGATION: a rare video of the conflict in #Ethiopia's #Tigray region shows a #massacre in a small village. We were able to verify the image. ⤵️
Ethiopia: video of Tigray massacre lifts lid on 'war without photos'
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Sep 24, 2020
Businesses in #HongKong’s “yellow economic circle” keep the pro-democracy movement alive with #mooncakes, milk tea and taxis #YellowEconomicCircle observers.france24.com/en/20200924-ke…
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Dec 23, 2020
We're proud to announce that @ErshadAlijani has won the 2020 French Diplomatic Press Association Prize for his report "#Iran's Hidden Slaughter". He dedicated the prize to "the brave Iranian citizens who risked their lives to document what was going on." youtu.be/itpL1bBW6FE
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Sep 22, 2022
Protesters in Iran are fighting back against harsh repression by security forces. People in Nowshahr, in northern Iran, were jumping on police vehicles Wednesday. Read more in our article, tonight on @Observers @FRANCE24. x.com/Mahsaalikhaah/…