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Venezuelan security forces arrested four journalists, two of whom are from Chile and two Venezuelans, near the Miraflores Palace, the seat of the country's presidency, denounced Wednesday (30) the National Union of Workers Press (SNTP) of Venezuela.
According to SNTP, the Venezuelans Maiker Yriarte and Ana Rodríguez, of the online channel "VPI", were released Wednesday morning after 10 hours of detention. The Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahona Chileans, both of the television channel "TVN", were detained longer and deported.
#AlertaSNTP | After disappearing since 8 am, Chilean journalists Rodrigo Pérez and Gonzalo Barahona, of TVN, arrive at the Maiquetía International Airport, as part of a process of expulsion led by the Nicolas Maduro administration # 30Ene The four journalists covered the vigil of President Nicolás Maduro, convened by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which has had little turnaround. accession.
While Chileans were still detained, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera called for "the immediate release of journalists" and criticized the lack of press freedom in Venezuela.
"We demand the immediate release of TVN journalists detained in Venezuela." Our Chancery is taking all the necessary measures and freedom of the press is another of the victims in Venezuela, "wrote Piñera on Twitter.
We demand the immediate release of the journalists of @TVN detained at #Venezuela Our chancery is taking all the necessary measures Freedom of the press is another of the victims in Venezuela The peaceful solution is free and democratic elections now Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão said Wednesday that the arrest of journalists worried him.
"Last night [terça] two TVN Chilean journalists were arrested in the vicinity of the palace of Miraflores and have not been released to date. This is something that worries us, "Mourão told reporters at the end of the hearing with Chile's ambbadador to Brazil, Fernando Schmidt.
"They were exposed to verbal aggression and forced to sign an act reporting on the treatment inflicted and claim that the rights were guaranteed as a communication, while this was not the case", said Secretary General of the SNTP, Marco Ruiz, citing the reports of Venezuelans.
The "VPI" described the arrests as "arbitrary" and stated that the four journalists "were performing their duties" when the facts occurred.
Last Friday, Brazilian journalist Rodrigo Lopes of the newspaper "Zero Hora" was arrested for a few hours near the Miraflores Palace. Venezuelans Osmary Hernández, correspondent for CNN, and Beatriz Adrián of the Colombian television channel "Caracol", were also held in custody near the headquarters of the Venezuelan intelligence agency on 13 May.
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) reported in the second case that these arrests constituted an "abusive practice" by the Maduro government to "intimidate and restrict the flow of independent information."
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