Egypt Papers

Egypt Papers

Investigation into the complicity of the French state with the dictatorship of Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi in Egypt.

Nov 21, 2021

Disclose has obtained hundreds of secret documents, circulated at the highest levels of the French state, which reveal the responsibility of France in crimes committed by the dictatorship of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt.

Discover “the terror memos” in a week-long series of investigative reports, beginning this Sunday November 21st.

Sep 19, 2023

State secrets: Disclose journalist taken into custody

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.
Jun 17, 2026

Fresh assault on Disclose: government calls for Egypt Papers to be censored

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has called for our 2021 investigation into France’s complicity in crimes committed by the Egyptian dictatorship to be “unpublished”.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.

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