The Blast journalist arrested on Tuesday was released, the procedure dismissed

She was taken into custody on Tuesday in Paris for not having given the unlock codes for her phone, according to Blast. She had entered a company, on the sidelines of a demonstration.

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Police (illustrative photo).  (NATHALIE COL / RADIO FRANCE)

The custody of the journalist blastarrested Tuesday June 18 in the morning at the 11 police statione district of Paris, was lifted this Wednesday, franceinfo learned. Her police custody was extended because she refused to hand over the codes to her cell phone, according to the media Blast. The procedure is dismissed.

She was arrested with six other people after their “introduction” in the Paris premises of a company “responsible in particular for manufacturing chips integrated into Israeli drones destined for Palestine”, according to the prosecution. It was during a demonstration that she was covering, led by a collective and which took place in front of the headquarters of Exxelia, the defense company, that she was arrested.

This journalist has been working for several weeks on an investigation concerning French arms sales to Israel. The NGO Reporters Without Borders called for his release.


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