Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Director of Venezuelan radio station held in detention without water and medical attention

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The director of Radiomanía 89.7 FM, Richard Rodríguez, was handcuffed and moved to a detention room without water and medical attention after he posted a video from a gymnasium that showed poor living conditions of COVID-19 patients housed there. Rodrguez was in the gymnasium as a possible infected person.

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