In April 2019 , together with Matthias Fekl , they seized the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Expression of the United Nations to denounce the fate of the Egyptian writer Alaa al-Aswany prosecuted in a military court and banned from published for 5 years in Egypt . On October 8 , 2013 , François Zimeray presented his credentials to the Queen of Denmark . On February 14 , 2015 , following the Paris terrorist attacks , Zimeray was invited to give the keynote speech at Krudttønden in Copenhagen , a debate on freedom of expression and blasphemy , featuring Lars Vilks and Femen leader Inna Chevtchenko , when it was attacked by a masked gunman . As France 's Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights since February 2008 , Zimeray has held a fundamental yet discreet role aiming at spreading the culture of human rights into the French diplomacy . He has been the first non-career diplomat to hold this position since its creation in 2000 and has also had the longest assignment so far
the Paris terrorist attacks
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
François Zimeray