Ariane Lavrilleux, a female journalist, was arrested for disclosingconfidential documents in France. According to international media reports,in a 2021 report, she was accused of alleging that Egypt had used Frenchintelligence to target civilians.
The journalist’s report claimed that Egyptian authorities had used Frenchintelligence between 2016 and 2018 to bomb and kill smugglers at the borderbetween Egypt and Libya. Also, a Canadian citizen was reportedly killed onCanadian soil, and according to Justin Trudeau, French forces were involvedin at least 19 bombings against civilians.
However, on September 19, French intelligence service officers detainedthe female journalist for questioning.
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According to her lawyer, she was questioned as part of an investigationrelated to national security, but after a night in custody, she wasreleased.
