Nicolás Maduro regime forces arrested and defeated Polish journalist Tomasz Surdel

"On March 14, the Polish journalist Tomasz Surdel of the Gazety Wyborczej newspaper was arrested and beaten by members of the Faes He pbaded by Bello Monte in Caracas and was in Venezuela for two months," reported the National Union. press workers from the South American country.

"They hit me with something hard, mostly in the face, I also got shots in the ribs, when they finished and they took me out of the bag, j & # 39; I saw the rifle barrel before my eyes "said Tomasz Surdel.

The journalist followed his story: "I was ordered to shoot me in the face, he, laughing, pulled the trigger, the gun was not loaded, they wore balaclavas, they got into their truck and are gone, leaving me beaten on the road. "

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the growing number of journalists arrested in Venezuelaand described as "extremely worrying" the levels of censorship exercised by the Venezuelan government.

The international organization also referred to reductions in television, radio and Internet signals, which it considered "a series of censorship methods" which it described as "very serious".

The head of RSF for Latin America, Emmanuel Colombié, at a conference in Mexico City, said that in Venezuela "there is a level of state censorship that we do not observe in almost every country in the world "and he explained that the Nicolás Maduro regime had" a series of methods to censor the independent press and the international press ".

He gave the example of the National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela (Conatel), which "suppresses the signals of television and radio channels criticizing the actions of the government". He also said that he was organizing a scarcity of paper to put pressure on newspapers and the opposition press, adding that power cuts on the Internet were now an additional method of censorship.

A few days ago, the regime imprisoned journalist Luis Carlos Díaz, of Venezuelan and Spanish nationality.works for Radio Union News in Caracas and is a human rights activist. EThe journalist was arrested in the afternoon by agents of the Bolivian intelligence services appointed by the ruling party's leader, Diosdado Cabello, considering Chavismo's "number two" for his involvement in the alleged sabotage of the system. electric., which has been in the dark since last Thursday, an accusation that Soto called "madness". Hours later, and thanks to international pressure, he released him conditionally.

The Maduro regime has temporarily arrested many Venezuelan journalists, foreign correspondents and special envoys, including the star journalist of the Spanish network Univision Jorge Ramos.