Depardon had been taken into custody on May 8 in Hasankeyf district of Batman province while doing a report on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for National Geographic magazine.
Polîsan rojnamegerê Fransî di 8ê Gulanê de li Êlihê desteser kiribû. Depardonî dê li Hesenkeyfa Êlihê ji bo kovara National Geographicê wêne bigirtiyan.