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German journalist Billy Six has been imprisoned in Venezuela for 40 days, accused of spying and rebelling for photographing President Nicolás Maduro, an NGO reported on Friday.
Six out of 32 people were reported to a martial court without the right to a lawyer or a visit, said NGO Espacio Público, which defends freedom of expression.
After declaring a hunger strike on December 13, the journalist was finally able to call his country's consulate. Marysabel Rodríguez, coordinator of the public space, told AFP that she "did not allow him any visit". "
" The consular visit did not take place, "said Rodríguez.
When he declared a hunger strike, the journalist published a letter in which he revealed that he underwent a medical examination at the end of October for his dengue and denounces the ban on contacting a lawyer.
"Denying me this right violates the Constitution of Venezuela and international standards relating to to human rights "
Rodríguez reported that Six" was coughing, apparently due to the humidity "of his cell of the intelligence service (Sebin) of Caracas.
L & # 39; Embbady of Germany informed the NGO that Six had suspended the hunger strike one day after the start of its strike.
Six people were arrested on November 17 in the Paraguaná peninsula, in west of the state of Falcón, for photographing Maduro "very closely", according to Public Space.
According to the O NG, Six published a report on Venezuelan emigration five months ago and has for the moment investigated the drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking and exodus in the Caribbean.
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