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INVESTIGATION – Following his police custody and the opening of a judicial investigation, the militant journalist Taha Bouhafs was placed under the status of assisted witness. Released on Saturday evening, he had, in a tweet, indicated the presence of Emmanuel Macron at the Bouffes du Nord theater the previous day, relaying a call to disrupt the evening. The investigations are continuing.
2020-01-18T22: 54: 29.185Z – The drafting of LCI
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He had reported on Twitter the presence of Emmanuel Macron at the Bouffes du Nord theater. Activist journalist Taha Bouhafs, present in the room during the performance of “La Mouche”, a play also attended by the presidential couple on Friday evening, was arrested after an evening briefly disturbed by an attempt to intrude on demonstrators anti-pension reform. The 22-year-old man was taken into police custody in the process.
At the end of this one and in order to continue the investigations, the parquet floor of Paris decided to open on Saturday a judicial information for “participation in a group formed with a view to committing violence or degradations” and “organization of an undeclared demonstration on the public highway “, according to a judicial source at LCI. Presented to an investigating judge, Taha Bouhafs was released in the evening under the status of assisted witness and will be summoned later for hearing. “This is an unprecedented violation of attacks on the freedom of information and the rights of journalists, at the request of the Elysée Palace,” reacted Me Arié Alimi to AFP, adding: “It is only the start of a state affair “.
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The night before, before the start of the play, Taha Bouhafs had written on the social network: “I am currently at the Bouffes du Nord theater (Metro La Chapelle). 3 rows behind the President of the Republic. Activists are some go to the corner and call everyone to come back. Something is going on … the evening may be hectic. ” He then asked his subscribers whether or not to throw his shoes on the head of state, like the famous gesture of an Iraqi journalist against American President Georges W. Bush in 2008. “I’m kidding (…) the safety watch looks weird there, “he had then clarified.
The “secure” Macron couple
According to the entourage of President Macron, protesters tried to enter, in vain, in the Bouffes du Nord theater. The presidential couple were “secured” for a few minutes inside the establishment. However, the Head of State was able to return to sit down to see the play until the end. He left the place by car around 10 p.m. under high police protection.
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The arrest of Taha Bouhafs, who films social movements for the site Over There if I am there, has aroused some political reactions. “We arrest a journalist for tweeting about the presence of the Contemptuous in the theater. Welcome to #Macronie,” reacted LFI MP Danièle Obono. “What happened at #BouffesduNord is unacceptable, unacceptable. When we try to attack the President of the Republic, we try to reach the institution. Let’s not get used to these manifestations of violence at against democracy, “retorted MP and spokesperson LaREM Célia de Lavergne.
Known for filming Alexandre Benalla, the former collaborator of Emmanuel Macron, violating a couple in Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris on May 1, 2018, Taha Bouhafs had already been placed in police custody in June while he was covering a demonstration in the Paris suburbs. The militant journalist is to be tried on February 22 in Créteil for “contempt and rebellion”.
