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Journalist Melquiades Ávila threatened with arrest by state governor

14.03.2020

Date:
14.03.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Venezuela
Alert types:
Verbal, online or physical attack: Verbal attack or intimidation by authorities

Delta Amacuro state governor, Lizeta Hernández, ordered the chief of the Comprehensive Defense Operational Zone (ZODI) to detain a correspondent of El Pitazo, Melquiades Ávila, regarding an article she wrote about the weakness of the state’s health system during the pandemic.

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