Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Venezuelan radio station owner detained for broadcasting news about COVID-19 infections

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Efraín de Jesús Roa, owner of the Superior 92.9 FM radio station, was detained by paramilitaries after transmitting information about COVID-19 cases. The officers took his motorcycle and he was forced to walk home by foot. They informed him that he would receive it back when he publicly stated that the COVID-19 information he had shared was false.

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