藤原 聡（FUJIWARA Satoshi）- ジャーナリスト、共同通信社編集委員

藤原　聡（ふじわら さとし、1959年–）は、日本のジャーナリスト。早稲田大学政治経済学部卒業後、共同通信社に入社。社会部デスク、長崎支局長などを経て編集委員を務めた。冤罪事件や戦後史、環境問題などを取材し、当事者の証言と記録から事件や社会問題をたどるノンフィクションを執筆している。袴田巌さんと、弟の無実を訴え続けた姉・ひで子さんの歩みを描く『姉と弟　捏造の闇「袴田事件」の58年』では、逮捕から死刑判決、再審請求、釈放、再審無罪判決までの長い道のりを記録。家族や弁護団、支援者の活動を通じて、司法の判断が一人の人間と家族の時間をどう奪ったかを問いかける。また、再審で無罪となった松山事件を扱う共著『死刑捏造――松山事件・尊厳かけた戦いの末に』では、証拠捏造の問題と救援活動に加え、元死刑囚の釈放後の人生にも目を向けた。判決に至る過程だけでなく、冤罪を晴らすための闘いと、その後も続く当事者の生活を取材の対象としている。

Satoshi Fujiwara (born 1959) is a Japanese journalist. After graduating from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics, he joined Kyodo News, where his positions included national news desk editor, Nagasaki bureau chief and editorial writer. His nonfiction addresses wrongful convictions, postwar history and environmental issues through documentary records and the testimony of those involved. Following Iwao Hakamada and his elder sister Hideko’s campaign to establish his innocence, “Ane to Ototo: Netsuzo no Yami ‘Hakamada Jiken’ no 58-nen” documents fifty-eight years of the Hakamada case. It traces the path from arrest and a death sentence through retrial petitions, release and acquittal, examining the work of relatives, lawyers and supporters alongside the human consequences of judicial decisions. Investigating another death-penalty case that ended in acquittal at retrial, the co-authored “Shikei Netsuzo: Matsuyama Jiken—Songen Kaketa Tatakai no Sue ni” examines evidence fabrication, the campaign for justice and the former prisoner’s life after release. Across these accounts, Fujiwara looks beyond verdicts to the years spent contesting convictions and the difficulties that remain afterward. His reporting connects questions about criminal justice with the lives of individuals and families whose time and relationships have been shaped by it.