Two NGOs filed a complaint with the Eureopean Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on 8 February for the French state to be held accountable for the killing of hundreds of Egyptian civilians. The complaint follows the French judiciary’s refusal to investigate abusive practices as part of Operation Sirli, a French military intelligence operation in Egypt revealed by Disclose.

On Tuesday 19 September, journalist Ariane Lavrilleux was taken into custody and her home searched by the DGSI. The aim of this unacceptable attack on freedom of the press was to identify Disclose's sources, who helped to reveal the military operation "Sirli", carried out by France in Egypt on behalf of the dictatorship.

Disclose has obtained hundreds of classified French official documents which reveal abuses committed during a secret military operation by France in Egypt. This investigation unveils how France became complicit in aerial strikes against civilians.

France and Egypt last month secretly signed a major deal for the supply of 30 Rafale fighter jets worth a total of 3.95 billion euros, according to confidential documents obtained by Disclose.

Armored vehicles manufactured in France appear to have recently been used by the Egyptian police, according to an open source investigation by Disclose and its partners.

A confidential document protected by France’s official secrecy rules, obtained by Disclose, reveals the strategy of the executive to torpedo the recommendations of a parliamentary report for greater democratic control of weapons exports.

Human rights organizations went to the administrative court on Thursday, September 23, to enjoin the Ministry of the Economy to communicate administrative documents relating to French arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Three years after the Disclose revelations about the French army's intelligence operation that led to summary executions in Egypt, the European Court of Human Rights is demanding explanations from the French authorities. The legal proceedings follow a complaint lodged by two international NGOs in early 2024.

The French Justice Ministry has called for our 2021 investigation into France’s complicity in crimes committed by the Egyptian dictatorship to be “unpublished”. The investigatory chamber is expected to rule on 8 July whether the director of public prosecution should reopen the judicial inquiry which acknowledged that our revelations were in the public interest and exonerated reporter Ariane Lavrilleux, who finds herself yet again in the crosshairs of the French state.