"A contributor to the digital outlet La Patilla, Rory Branker, 43, was arrested on Feb. 20, 2025, in Caracas by officers of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN, for its initials in Spanish) as he was leaving his home. He spent 206 days incommunicado before his family was finally allowed to see him in a holding cell of the Bolivarian National Police, in September.
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the country’s authorities once again moved him to an unknown location on Dec. 8, according to RSF information. In addition, a video by photojournalist Jesús Medina published on the Instagram account of the digital news outlet VPI TV on Dec. 9 shows Rory Branker among a group of detainees being loaded into an official vehicle. It has been over a week and the state has still not specified where the journalist was taken or under what conditions he is being held.
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At present, six Venezuelan news professionals have been deprived of their liberty for reasons directly linked to their journalistic work."
