The chairman of the executive board of the newspaper Le Monde Louis Dreyfus, was also summoned on May 29 by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), in the same circumstances as Ariane Chemin major reporter in the daily, announced Thursday the person concerned AFP.
The paper revealed Wednesday that Ariane Chemin was summoned for articles on the affairs of Alexander Benalla, including "on the profile of a non-commissioned officer of the air force, Chokri Wakrim, companion of the former head of Matignon's security, Marie-Élodie Poitout ".
Several journalists already summoned
Like Ariane Chemin, Louis Dreyfus was summoned for a free hearing on the premises of the ISB, as part of an open investigation to "reveal the identity of a member of the special forces units. ". According to concordant sources, this investigation follows a complaint filed in mid-April by Chokri Wakrim.
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The convocation of Arianne Chemin at the DGSI, which follows that of several other journalists from the site Disclose, Radio France and the show "Quotidien" TMC, investigating the use of French weapons in Yemen, has raised a wave of protests from journalists and politicians, who see it as an attack on freedom of the press and the right to inform.