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Covid-19

Regional governor orders summoning of El Pitazo reporter over Facebook posts

14.03.2020

Date:
14.03.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Venezuela
Alert types:
Arrest/detention/charges: Criminal investigation/charges

Lizeta Hernández, governor of the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, told the ZODI defence force to subpoena Melquiades Ávila, a reporter for the Venezuelan news site El Pitazo, for her posts on Facebook related to COVID-19. Hernandez said that Ávila was trying to politicize the health crisis.

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