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Journalist Ariane Lavrilleux was searched and taken into police custody this Tuesday, September 19.
MEDIA – Your media denounces “unacceptable attack on press freedom.” The journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, author of the revelations at the end of 2021 about the Sirli military operation in Egypt and its links with the French armed forces, was searched and taken into police custody this Tuesday, September 19, announced the Disclose media, which published its article at that time.
A source close to the case confirmed to AFP that an investigating judge was carrying out these operations, “ given his status as a journalist”. These are carried out within the framework of a judicial investigation ongoing since July 2022, opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office for violation of the secret of National Defense and disclosure of military identities and entrusted to the DGSI.
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“I am shocked and concerned by the escalation of attacks on freedom of information and the coercive measures taken against the Disclose journalist”reacted Virginie Marquet, lawyer for Ariane Lavrilleux and the investigative media. “This search risks seriously undermining the confidentiality of journalists’ sources, which I legitimately fear has been completely breached as of this morning. “Disclose will protect your journalist who only revealed information of public interest”she added.
A “serious” attack on the freedom of information
Numerous media outlets and journalists, as well as Reporters Without Borders (RSF), expressed their indignation on the social network, evoking a “ “unacceptable obstacle to freedom of information” and a “ denial of democracy a few weeks before the General Information States promised by the Elysée.
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“Thanks to her work, Ariane Lavrilleux has prepared a report for the Enquête Complement on this Sirli military operation. The SDJ supports him and denounces his police arrest, a new attack on the freedom to investigate and report. tweeted the Society of Journalists (SDJ) of France Télévision. The program in which the investigation was broadcast also denounced “an attack on the secrecy of sources and the freedom of information.”
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Disclose had stated in an article published in November 2021 that the French intelligence mission “ Mysterious “, initiated in February 2016 for the benefit of Egypt in the name of the fight against terrorism, had been kidnapped by the Egyptian State. The latter used the information collected to carry out airstrikes against vehicles of suspected smugglers on the border between Egypt and Libya.
According to documents obtained by Disclose, “ French forces were allegedly involved in at least 19 bomb attacks against civilians between 2016 and 2018. in this area. Despite concerns and warnings from some officials about the operation’s excesses, French authorities have not questioned the mission, according to Disclose, citing secret documents.
Following this publication, the French Ministry of the Armed Forces filed a complaint for “ violation of the secret of national defense ». A preliminary investigation was opened in November 2021 before an investigating judge was appointed in summer 2022.
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