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"You're a foreigner, you don't have to pay purchase taxes." Our undercover reporter speaks to the Israeli real estate agents aggressively marketing properties on occupied land to Westerners.
Israeli pro-settler organisations tell undercover Al Jazeera reporters how Western donors can evade charity law, help fund campaigns to demolish Palestinian homes and provide military grade security equipment to illegal settlements in the occupied West bank.
Myanmar military defectors and leaked media reveal that ordinary soldiers on government bases are using lethal interrogation techniques against captured rebels, dissidents and civilians. Watch the film: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
"Myanmar: War with the Junta" is the first documentary from #MyanmarExposed, an @ajiunit.com reporting project investigating abuses and battlefield dynamics in the Myanmar civil war. Al Jazeera's Ali Fowle discusses the film's significance in understanding the conflict. Watch now: aje.io/junta
Using never-before-seen videos, rare testimonies and leaked military files, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes abuses and battlefield weaknesses in the civil war raging across Myanmar. Watch: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
The family of Abu Sayed, the student whose police killing marked a turning point in Bangladesh's uprising, return to the ruins of Sheikh Hasina's residence, where they say the former prime minister tried to buy their silence. #Hasina36July
Secret government orders reveal how internet access was blocked across #Bangladesh at the height of student protests in July last year. #Hasina36July
"We didn't accept compensation. We didn't accept the proposal of coming here." The family of a teenager killed during #Bangladesh's 2024 student protests says they refused a meeting with then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who they hold responsible for his death.
17-year-old Nafisa marched with thousands on the prime minister's residence on August 5, 2024 - the deadliest day of the Bangladesh uprising. She cheered with the crowds as Sheikh Hasina resigned, but never made it home. Her final call still haunts her father. #Hasina36July
Also available to watch in Bangla. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNf3...
Our investigation, 'Hasina - 36 Days in July', is being streamed in multiple locations across Bangladesh, from social clubs to public squares. #Hasina36July Watch it here: aje.io/Hasina36July
Secret call recordings obtained by Al Jazeera's I-Unit reveal how Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued brutal orders to put down student protests that swept across the country in July 2024. #Hasina36July
"An absolute lie." Two Jewish women, accused of anti-Semitism within the UK Labour Party, dispute the allegations against them and present their own evidence. From our #LabourFiles investigation - watch in full below.
The UK's National Crime Agency has frozen properties owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, #Bangladesh's former land minister. A close ally of deposed Prime Minister #SheikhHasina, Chowdhury featured in our earlier investigation, 'The Minister's Millions'.
Israeli soldiers increasingly face the threat of arrest abroad as legal cases for alleged war crimes mount. Dozens of criminal complaints have been filed in courts worldwide. #GazaCrimes
Israeli soldiers have been posting videos on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube showcasing their activities in Gaza, using their own names. What may have been intended as bravado has become a damning digital dossier. #GazaCrimes
"Overall, if we look at the broad diversion of funds away from the country, it would be about $25 billion." #Bangladesh's new central bank Governor Ahsan Mansur tells us about the hunt for wealth transferred out of the country by political and business elites. #MinistersMillions
"I interviewed a lot of kids. Some of them told me they just want to die. But they want to die in one piece. They're scared of being... shredded." #GazaCrimes
In the case of 'Gregoire Cyrille Dongobada', his social media profile pictures are actually of Jean-Claude Sendeoli, a teacher and football referee whose funeral was held in the Central African Republic in September 2020. #GhostReporters
Most of the writers call themselves freelance journalists in newspaper bios, with some self-identifying as analysts or experts. However, in each case, there's no employment history and often no social media profile or other evidence to indicate they're a real person.
'Gregoire Cyrille Dongobada' has had over 75 pieces published in various outlets, reaching audiences in more than a dozen West and Central African countries. We've discovered that in three years, more than 200 articles have been published as part of the campaign, using at least 20 different names.
Our investigation into the #MinistersMillions uncovers how a powerful #Bangladesh politician built a half-billion-dollar property empire. See inside Saifuzzaman Chowdhury's $14m London home, where he reveals his hidden wealth to our hidden cameras. Watch here: aje.io/MinistersMil...
'Gaza', our investigation into Israeli war crimes, has been shortlisted for the Royal Television Society's 2025 Journalism Awards. Viewers have described it as "devastating" and "one of the most important pieces of journalism of our time". Watch it here: aje.io/GazaCrimes
Fadi Bakr, from Gaza City, recalls the moment he was taken by Israeli soldiers close to his home. His interview details the brutal treatment he says he received while detained for 45 days at Sde Teiman detention centre in southern Israel. Watch it here. www.ajiunit.com/article/test...
Hadeel's interview is one of several featured in our investigation into Israeli war crimes in #Gaza. Only a fraction of the material could be used in our documentary - watch the testimonies in full here. www.ajiunit.com/article/test...
"We were humiliated, beaten and tortured." Hadeel Dahdouh was photographed blindfolded and with her headscarf removed, the only woman in a truck full of male prisoners who had all been stripped to their underwear. She spent 54 days in detention inside Israel. #GazaCrimes
