"Investigative website Disclose published a series of articles in 2021, including one in which it alleged that the Egyptian state used a French counter-intelligence operation in Egypt, codenamed Sirli, for a "campaign of arbitrary executions" against smugglers on the Libyan border. The journalist who wrote the articles, Ariane Lavrilleux, was however not to be tried as her article was deemed of "public interest", the source said."
"Lavrilleux was arrested in 2023, sparking outrage among fellow journalists and raising questions about how the government employs controversial laws on issues of national secrecy, in a country that is supposed to cherish the right to freedom of expression. She spent 39 hours in detention, repeatedly interrogated by domestic intelligence agents for simply, she said at the time, doing her job."
Disclose published allegations that the Egyptian state used a French counter-intelligence operation codenamed Sirli in a campaign of arbitrary executions against smugglers on the Libyan border. Ariane Lavrilleux was not to be tried because authorities deemed the material of public interest. Prosecutors sought breach of professional confidentiality against a military engineer, but an investigating magistrate ordered a May trial on the more serious charge of leaking defence secrets; the Paris prosecutor's office appealed. The engineer denies wrongdoing and his lawyer called the accusation probability-based. Lavrilleux was arrested in 2023, detained 39 hours and repeatedly interrogated; Amnesty called the arrest chilling.
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