In the grainy constellation of pixels of the phone screen in her palm, from 8,000 kilometers away, she watched her husband disappear forever into the cold European soil.- Gabriela Ramirez

Fetisov and Lorenzo Natali award-winning investigative journalist Gabriela Ramirez, discusses her investigative journalism story "Widowed by Europe's Borders” about Sanooja's frantic fight to find her husband Sanrim, who went missing in the forest after being illegally pushed back by Lithuanian authorities. The couple from Sri Lanka, highlights the struggles faced by migrants at European borders, and the grim reality of over 30,000 deaths along Europe's borders in the past decade, most of which unfold in total obscurity.

Gabriela and our cofounder Douglas Herman delve into the ethical dilemmas of reporting on such sensitive topics, the personal connections formed during the reporting process, and the broader implications of migration policies in Europe. Gabriela emphasizes the importance of humanizing migrant stories and the ongoing fight for justice faced by families of missing migrants, and the human rights all people deserve, even after death.

SPECIAL GUEST: GABRIELA RAMIREZ- Fetisov Award-winning Investigative journalist with Unbias The News

LEARN MORE: Widowed by Europe's Borders: https://unbiasthenews.org/widowed-by-europes-borders-graves/

Border Graves Investigation: https://unbiasthenews.org/border-graves-investigation/

PREVIOUS EPISODES:

S04E01: Light Your Small Candle- Anna Alboth, cofounder- Grupa Granica - A Struggle for Human Rights Along Polish-Belarusian Border: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ueWcRGJts&t=1881s

S03E11: Buried in the Balkans- Stavros Malichudis Special Joint Report- Lighthouse Reports, Der Spiegel, ARD, British newspaper "I”Reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpLFQ1LzqM&t=20s

S02E07: Legalizing Illegal Pushbacks in Lithuania- Dalia Krapavitskaitė, Sienos Grupė : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ejQMDZ1ghYB8hpwY7mmoz?si=59e3bcbaffd74339

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PRODUCTION FAMILY:

Host: Douglas Nandzik-Herman

Production Family:

Sude Fazlollah, Eli Fazlollah, Dawoud Nouri, Rasheed Ghalli,Lotta Luley, Federico Rinaldi, Dariia Stepanova

Citizen Journalists:

Yaser Taheri, Milad Ebrahimi, Yaser Akbari, Naqib Rasuli, Mohammad Ali Alami

Mentorship: Douglas Herman

Producers: Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman

Graphic Design: Eli Fazlollah for designs by Eli go to: ⁠https://refocusmedialabs.org/shop⁠

MUSIC:

Theme- "Intro for Legends" by Bonkers Beat Club (Epidemic Sound)

Additional- "Mogul" by Blue Steel (Epidemic Sound)

SPECIAL THANKS:

To the extended ReFOCUS Family for their dedication, passion and creativity all year long. We’re not where we are today without all the effort from Florian Krauer, Louise Holm, Chryssa Kouroukli, Natalia Tsarenko, Fine Bieler, Tommaso Stingo, Nazanin Foroghi, Yaser Akbari, Dariia Stepanova, Rada Valchanova, Walker Watson, Eleonora Giacomelli, Joseph Murray, Omer Butt, Wojtek Paluch, Matthew Goncalves O’Kelly, Jennifer Perez, Jule Pehnt, Majid Bakhshi, Paul “Al” Simon, Jaime Moro Saavedra, Joëlle Hübscher, Beni Rietmann, Jakob Mayr, Jurek Edel, Francisco Ibanez, Bart Van Son, Federico Bustamente, Myriam Rey, Lotta Luley and Federico Rinaldi. Daniela Jimenez, Andrii Zhuhai, Wendy Wongani Hara, Lorraine Muchangi, Aya Bennani, Fatima Al Ali, Karina Kozlowska, Dominika Pawlik, Grace Neely and Giulia Lauricella.

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