VIDEOS. In Paris, a moving tribute to the journalist killed in Ukraine

A rally in memory of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, killed in Ukraine in a Russian bombardment, was organized Friday evening in Paris.

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“Here is Mr Putin the beautiful person you had killed”. This was declared on Friday June 10 by the mother of journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, fatally hit by shrapnel at the end of May in Ukraine, during a rally in Paris to pay tribute to him.

His family, his colleagues from BFMTV, including reporter Maxime Brandstaetter who teamed up with him in Ukraine, his partner Sam Cottet were notably present, alongside Marc-Olivier Fogiel, CEO of BFMTV, and Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of RSF.

Frederick was a “sweet and cheerful person, so don’t be sad”declared Sylviane Imhoff, in front of several hundred people participating in this rally at the call of RSF, during which she recalled the course of her son. “Give voice to the most humble, to the invisible” was a part of “values ​​from which he was steeped”she underlined, moved, referring to previous reports from chambermaids of large hotels in particular.

“The editorial staff is in mourning. We mourn a committed journalist”underlined for his part Marc-Olivier Fogiel, describing a professional anything but “daredevil”. “He wanted to tell the world, we will continue to cover this conflict”. The rally ended with a minute of applause.


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