Reporters - The best of France 24 Reporters in 2019

For this selection of the best France 24 Reporters in 2019, we will first take you to the Al-Hol refugee camp, in northeast Syria, where women, alleged members of the organization, are detained. Islamic State. Our reporters were able to meet them and collect their testimonies, rare… and sometimes chilling.

>> Exclusive: "'Prison or death' for jihadist women in Syria"

We will then go to Xinjiang, a region in the northwest of China, where more than a million Uyghur citizens, a Turkish-speaking and Muslim minority, are believed to be detained in internment camps. While the authorities refer to "re-education through labor camps", several victims denounce forced indoctrination and difficult conditions of detention.

>> Exclusive: "Uighurs, in the strength of the camps"

We also set off on the hunt for Edward Snowden, the most wanted man in the United States. In 2013, while on the run in Hong Kong, the whistleblower was protected by refugees, who are now also threatened.

>> Exclusive: "Edward Snowden's 'guardian angels'"

On the occasion of the commemorations of the Allied Landing of June 6, 1944, we went to meet the last veterans of the Second World War. At the time, these Americans were barely 20 years old. Seventy-five years later, when they are almost a hundred years old, their testimonies are precious.

>> "Landing in Normandy: with the last heroes of D-Day"

In Chile, as in many other countries, the people rose up this year. In question, the ultraliberal model established during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which transformed the country into one of the most unequal in the world. Faced with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, the authorities responded with repression.

>> "Chile, revolt or revolution?"

In East Africa, the port of Mombasa, Kenya, has become a hub. Cocaine from Latin America or heroin from Asia now pass through here, before being shipped to Europe. Our reporters conducted the investigation.

>> "Kenya, the new drug route"

And to complete this selection, an exclusive documentary, shot in war-torn Libya. On April 4, 2019, Khalifa Haftar, the strong man from the East, launched an offensive to take control of the capital, Tripoli. Our reporters have traveled through western Libya and are taking us as close as possible to the fighting. This new war is pushing more and more migrants to go to sea risking their lives. Their testimony is overwhelming.

>> "Libya: hellish trap"

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