Lavrilleux is arrested for publishing the contents of a report on Egypt’s French aid to murder civilians. Police check the journalist's house on Tuesday and are trapped for 39 hours. After being interrogated by the police of the French intelligence service, he is released on probation.

The reason for Lavrilleux’s arrest is the report released in 2021 on the Disclosures website. The French website carries out investigative journalism. The report said that France has been involved in at least 19 bombings of civilians. In these bombings, smugglers were killed on the border between Egypt and Libya between 2016 and 2018.

Secret documents

Disclos explains that the investigation was based on hundreds of confidential documents. The media knew the danger posed by the publication of the report, as it warned when it was published that it could violate ley.Indic or that the report had national security secrets, but that it would share "in the name of the right to information". It has been: The journalist is arrested as part of the police investigation to determine whether Lavrilleux had endangered national security, his lawyer explains.

Katia Roux, a member of Amnesty International, is concerned about the arrest. "The arrest of a journalist for the performance of his work and the communication of information of public interest may constitute a threat to the freedom of the press and the confidentiality of sources."