Le Monde's managing director Louis Dreyfus and journalist Ariane Chemin summoned for questioning by France's domestic intelligence agency, igniting concerns about press freedom
"It is to be feared that, with these summonses, authorities are trying to intimidate the journalists and identify their sources so as to punish or dissuade them," said the head of the Reporters Without Borders watchdog group, Christophe Deloire.
The managing director of the newspaper Le Monde, Louis Dreyfus, said Thursday he has been summoned for questioning by France's domestic intelligence agency, following a similar order against one of the daily's senior reporters.
The Elysee has been accused of covering up the affair by failing to report Benalla to the authorities. "It is to be feared that, with these summonses, authorities are trying to intimidate the journalists and identify their sources so as to punish or dissuade them," said the head of the Reporters Without Borders watchdog group, Christophe Deloire.
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