Haute-Savoie. The Annecy Town Hall Allegedly Tried to Cover up a Rape Case by Buying up All Copies of a Newspaper.
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The testimony of a man accusing the first deputy mayor of Annecy, Anthony Granger, of rape, was on the front page of the weekly newspaper L'Essor Savoyard.
Several members of the municipal team are accused of having bought hundreds of numbers from Essor Savoyard in which a rape case was revealed against the first deputy mayor
Reporters Without Borders and L-Essor Savoyard accuse members of Annecy's municipal team of having bought massive copies of the newspaper in an attempt to stifle a rape case involving a deputy.
On 4 June last, the weekly L-Essor Savoyard put on the front page of its Annecienne edition, the first deputy to Annecy's town hall, Anthony Granger, suspected of rape, and targeted by a preliminary investigation.
The testimony of a man accusing the first deputy mayor of Annecy of rape, in the weekly "L-Essor Savoyard", set the powder on fire.
In their investigation, the NGO and the newspaper denounce a "gross and ill-linked censorship operation", whose aim was "to suffocate a rape case involving an elected official: information of public interest". The city hall contests these accusations. The facts, which date back to 4 June, are worthy of a "bad polar", mocks RSF journalist Haifa Mzalouat. On that day, a new issue of Essor Savoyard comes out in kiosks. On the front page: the testim…
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