Marie-Monique Robin

MarieMonique Robin born 15 June 1960 PoitouCharentes is a French TV journalist and documentary filmmaker She generally issues books and documentary films together on the topics she investigates in order to make more people aware of the issues she studies Her work has been recognized by numerous awards the 1995 Albert Londres Prize for Voleurs dyeux 1994 an exposé about organ theft best political documentary award from the French Senate for Escadrons de la mort lécole française 2003 her film about Frances transfer of counterinsurgency techniques including torture to Argentina and the Rachel Carson Prize for Le monde selon Monsanto 2008 her film on Monsanto and challenges to the environment from its products including GMOs MarieMonique Robin was born in 1960 and grew up in the DeuxSèvres where her parents were farmers She studied political science at the University of Saarbrücken and graduated from university teaching journalism center of the University of Strasbourg After studying journalism in Strasbourg she worked with France 3 for a time Robin went to Nicaragua and worked in South America as a freelance reporter She traveled to South America more than 80 times including 30 times to Cuba She reported on the Colombian guerrillas and later worked for CAPA news agency Voleurs dyeux Eye Thieves 1994 was the name of a book and a film based on it related to her investigations of organ theft After her film was shown at the United Nations the USIA spokesman said that it was a lie She was subjected to various pressures and personal attacks but the following year in 1995 she was awarded the AlbertLondres prize for her film However the concession was suspended while the jury studied allegations of falsehoods after French physicians discovered that one of the children whose corneas the film said has been stolen still had them After months of discussions the commission decided to ratify the concession because they didnt find bad faith MarieMonique Robin subsequently left CAPA to work freelance She is doing a report on Cuba for Thalassa a French television program Another project is exploring the rise in false allegations of pedophilia being made against teachers Robin made a 2003 film documentary titled Escadrons de la mort lécole française The Death Squads The French School that investigated the littleknown ties between the French secret services and their Argentine and Chilean counterparts The next year she published a book on the same topic Specifically she documented that the French transferred to Argentina counterinsurgency tactics which they had developed and used during the Algerian War 195462 including extensive use of torture and disappearances The security forces later used them during the Dirty War 19761983 and for Operation Condor She received an award in 2003 for the best political documentary of the year by the French Senate in recognition of this work Robin said in an August 2003 interview in LHumanité the French have systematized a military technique in urban environment which would be copied and pasted to Latin American dictatorships Source Article MarieMonique Robin from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30