Crackdown on journalists over exposé of French arms used in Yemen
Two journalists from the French online collective Disclose, dedicated to investigative reporting, have been summoned for questioning this month by France’s internal intelligence agency, the DGSI, following their revelations of the massive use of French-made weapons in the devastating war in Yemen. Together with a journalist from state broadcaster Radio France, they are officially suspected of “compromising national defence secrecy”, an offence that can carry a five-year jail term. In reality, the journalists exercised their professional duty to inform the public of a confidential military report that demonstrates how the government has concealed the truth of the deployment of French-made arms in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition accused of war crimes.
TwoTwo journalists from the online French reporters’ collective Disclose, a site dedicated to investigative journalism which revealed, in reports co-published with Mediapart, the massive use of French-made weapons in the devastating war in Yemen, have been summoned for questioning later this month by France’s internal intelligence agency, the DGSI, over an alleged violation of national security interests.
