He sat for several months in the notorious secret service prison in El Helicoide in Caracas: Now, a German Journalist, Billy Six was released, apparently, from custody subject to conditions.
After a four-month imprisonment of the German Journalist, Billy Six, apparently, under the conditions set. He must report every 15 days to the authorities and not allowed to speak in the media about his case, informed the Venezuelan non-governmental organization Espacio Público and the press Union SNTP.
The Journalist was arrested in mid-November in Venezuela. He is said to have exceeded in the case of a speech by the head of state, Nicolás Maduro, the security boundary. Him of espionage and Rebellion will be put to the load. To the fact up to 28 years in prison in Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Maduro: again and again he went against the journalists.
reporters without borders: non-evidenced accusations
The organization reporters without borders considers the allegations not proven and repeatedly demanded the immediate release of Six. The Journalist had written in the past, among other things, for the right-wing weekly newspaper “Junge Freiheit”.
Recently, the case was in Germany, the political issue: The AfD accused the Federal government, because of the Six’ political attitudes, not with enough emphasis for his release. The Brandenburg state Parliament demanded on Thursday the release of the German journalists.
Temporarily in a hunger strike
Six in the infamous secret service prison in El Helicoide in Caracas detained. He complained several times about the harsh conditions of detention, and sometimes hunger strike. Currently, a UN Team is in Venezuela on the road to a possible visit to the United Nations high Commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, to prepare. Whether the release of Six with the UN has to do a Mission, was initially unclear.
The human rights organisation Foro Penal had already previously told you to expect the release of some political prisoners. The parents of the journalists had accused the Federal government last multiple times, you use to little for the release of her son and not have protested against his arrest. The Foreign office rejected the allegations. The increasingly authoritarian government of head of state, Maduro had to take several foreign journalists and statements.
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