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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Save the date Saturday, October 10th in Montreuil at 7pm for a presentation of How stopping the boats kills

Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Death Zone: For five years we’ve been told what happened at the Poland-Belarus border was a migration “crisis”. A new investigation reveals a different truth: the catastrophe was created by political choices.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

On 16 March, #MehmetTürkmen, president of #BiRTEK-SEN (United Union of Textile and Leather Workers), was arrested in #Turkey. His freedom has been violated, and the right to unionise has been infringed upon. We call for his immediate release and for the unconditional dismissal of all charges.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our work is dedicated to all those who have lost their life at the UK’s border, and those who they left behind. Towards freedom of movement for all.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Combining geospatial analysis, coastguard records, activist datasets, flight tracking, and interviews with affected people and solidarity structures, the investigation reconstructs how policy decisions reshape crossing conditions – and how border violence becomes measurable across space and time.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our research found that the increased numbers of deaths in the Channel took place close to the French shore as a result of new mechanisms: extreme overcrowding and chaotic launches. We linked these trends to increased border policing, aerial surveillance, and supply chain disruption.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Today, Border Forensics together with @sociodigfutures.bsky.social releases the new investigation 'How ‘stopping the boats’ kills'! The report shows that the #UK's "stop the boats" policy has in fact led to an increase in deaths. Find full report here 👉 www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

More fatalities were recorded close to the French shore as a result of new mechanisms implemented after a major UK-France deal: extreme overcrowding and chaotic launches became more frequent. We linked these trends to increased border policing.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Alongside unveiling patterns, the Archive of Absence stands as a witness. Many records lack important details. Some deaths go complete unrecorded. The AoA allows to submit information to help acknowledge and collectively honor the memory of those who lost their lives at the hands of the police.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

So, did racism kill Nzoy? Our evidence points to a systemic pattern where race, masculinity, and various forms of othering shape who is policed, how, and with what consequences. Our research also shows that especially racialised men are overwhelmingly overexposed to lethal policing.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A racialised geography of violence emerges: over the last 10 years, the Canton of Vaud had been the deadliest in CH – both in absolute terms and relative to population and police size. Who died? 67% of cases show one marker of othering; 28% show multiple. Over 45% were racialised. We see a pattern.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

In the past three decades, shootings went down, yet police-related deaths have remained steady. Our platform documents 84 people killed in police interactions from 1992–2025: more than two per year. We include deaths from shootings, restraint, neglect or abuse in custody as well as police chases.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Silence surrounds these deaths. Officially released numbers mostly cover deaths through police fire arms while fatalities from restraint, custody, or neglect are obscured by euphemisms. This invisibility conceals violent patterns of police practices and thus the causes of reproduced violence.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Did racism kill #Nzoy? As part of our recent investigation "The Death of Roger Nzoy Wilhem" we asked that question. Digging into that question, we built the Archive of Absence: an independent database of police-related deaths in #Switzerland since the 1990's. archiveofabsence.borderforensics.org

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Who Killed Blessing Matthew at the Franco–Italian Border? In 2022 #BF launched an investigation into her death. Read now #CristinaDelBiaggio's and #SarahBachellerie's article "Framing Responsibility through an Analysis of the Entanglement of Law and Space" in State Crime Journal 👉 h1.nu/1dE3f

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The result of our analysis challenges the prosecutor’s claim that Nzoy ran at the officer with a knife. His hands were open and empty when he was first shot. This exposes bias in official narratives of lethal policing and support the demand for #justice4nzoy. borderforensics.org/investigations/nzoy

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The frame-by-frame motion shows his left hand outstretched across his body and his right hand with visible finger articulation. Both moved naturally as open palms. This is bio-mechanically inconsistent with gripping a knife.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

By cross-referencing a #3D model of the scene with the camera’s perspective and optics, we measured the distance to Nzoy’s hands. The pixel data gave us a precise dimensions: 19.7 cm. Our results matched Nzoy's autopsy records.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

From four extracted frames, we studied the size, shape, and motion of #Nzoy’s hands – open vs closed. The police investigation ignored this sequence, despite the witness who filmed it testifying that Nzoy held nothing.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Four years ago today, on 30 August 2021, #Nzoy was fatally shot by police at #Morges station, #Switzerland. The Police claimed he attacked officers with a knife. Our new investigation shows his hands were open and empty before the first shot was fired – exposing the regime of police impunity.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Structural racism and impunity for police-related deaths have allowed these to be perpetuated. Only a day ago, early morning on Sunday 25.08.25, a 17-year-old Black teenager died during a police chase in #Lausanne. Our thoughts are with families of #policeviolence victims. #Justice4Nzoy #Marvin

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Our analysis further locates Nzoy's killing in relation to other police-related deaths in Switzerland. In our press conference this morning, we presented our findings, including the archiveofabsence.borderforensics.org: A database of documented police-related deaths in Switzerland between 1992-2025.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Our video analysis combined with 3D-reconstruction demonstrate that Nzoy's hands were open just before the first two shots were fired at him. Contrary to the police's claims, it was thus highly unlikely that he was holding a knife at that moment.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Today, #BF launches a new investigation on the death of Roger Nzoy Wilhelm, a Black Swiss man. He was shot and killed by the police in August 2021, in Switzerland. The legal process that has been ongoing for the last four years has not answered the demands for truth and justice of Nzoy’s family.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Today, BF launches its new investigation on the killing of Nzoy. Roger Nzoy Wilhelm was shot dead by the police on 30 August 2021. Until today, light has yet to be shed on the exact circumstances that led to Nzoy’s death. Find our investigation here: www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🔴SAVE THE DATE🔴 Monday, 11am, Lausanne, CH #BF together with the Independent Commission on the death of Roger #Nzoy Wilhelm will launch their new investigation on the circumstances of #Nzoy's death. Join us and sign up for the #PressConference here: forms.office.com/e/0Gfv0rtaK9...

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today, we are in thoughts with the survivors of the massacre and the families of the deceased and disappeared. We reiterate our demand for accountability. We continue to support and amplify their demands for truth and justice.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

One year ago, Border Forensics published it’s damning investigation in collaboration with centreiridia.bsky.social, #AMDH and with the legal advice of @ecchr.bsky.social Find the full investigation in AR, EN, ES, FR here 👉 www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today, we commemorate the victims of the 24 June 2022 #Nador-Melilla racist border massacre. Three years have passed, nobody is held accountable for 27 recorded deaths and 70 disappeared. The deceased and disappeared have not been identified, and many survivors remain incarcerated in Moroccan jails.

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Border Forensics Agency @borderforensics.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Meet the #BorderForensics' team of 2025. This weekend we came together in the General Assembly 2025 to discuss recent and upcoming projects, focus, ambition and challenges and new pathways for our work. #BF's network of thinkers and makers has become an inspiring and daring community. Stay tuned

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