2023-09-21 13:07:22
The journalist Ariane Lavrilleux.
In response to the arrest of investigative journalist Ariane Lavrilleuxwhich reported on leaked documents alleging that information from France was used to attack civilians in Egypt, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard said:
“It is deeply worrying that, almost two years after France’s alleged complicity in the extrajudicial execution of hundreds of people In Egypt, it is the journalist who brought these atrocities to light who is in the spotlight, and not those responsible for these acts.”
“This case is not limited to silencing a specific journalist and threatening the confidentiality of her sources, but these actions are part of a broader attack against public interest journalists who try to denounce the opaque actions of the services of French intelligence.
“Bodies found on the Egypt-Libya border have revealed France’s well-kept secrets and point to a macabre and secretive pattern of French complicity in serious human rights abuses committed by abusive regimes in the region.”
Additional information
Journalist Ariane Lavrilleux published an article alleging that Egypt had misused information from France to attack border crossings on the border with Libya and kill civilians, and that at least 19 bombings against civilians took place between 2016 and 2018. related to information provided to Cairo by France.
The search of Ariane Lavrilleux’s home and her arrest are related to five cases: Operation Sirli in Egypt, the sale of 30 Rafale aircraft to Egypt, weapons delivered to Russia until 2020, the sale of 150,000 projectiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates United States, and illicit arms transfers from the United Arab Emirates to Libya.
The right to freedom of expression protects journalists against attacks for revealing materials that are of public interest, such as the revelations made by Ariane Lavrilleux.
More information: link to Disclose reportand below his video on Operation Sirli.
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