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UN Human Rights Council describes detention of Venezuelan journalist Roland Carreño as arbitrary

  • Source: Infobae
  • November 11, 2022

"The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, of the UN Human Rights Council, determined that the detention of Venezuelan journalist, Roland Carreño, by the regime of Nicolás Maduro, is arbitrary. In its opinion 48 /2022, it warned that imprisonment is a systematic practice in Venezuela, carried out by the Chavista dictatorship. In October 2020, Carreño was detained by regime forces, allegedly carrying weapons to 'promote violent actions,' and was charged with commission of the crimes of financing terrorism, conspiracy against political form and illicit trafficking in weapons of war."

 

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