In a move that raised concerns about press freedom in France, the police arrested Ariane Lavrilleux, an investigative journalist who had reported on the Macron government’s controversial arms deals with Egypt.

The independent French website Mediapart received a judicial notice that the publication of a journalistic investigation prepared by its team was banned.

Hours after a live broadcast of a television program presented by the journalist Saadoun Damad, on June 2, 2022, Al-Iraqiya channel suspended the program.