2023-11-24 07:07:00
The Chavista Justice ordered the arrest of political activist Nelson Piñero for criticizing Maduro on his social networks.
The Venezuelan opposition party Encuentro Ciudadano denounced this Thursday that a court in the state of Carabobo ordered the arrest of one of its members due to his strong criticism on social networks against the regime of Nicolás Maduro and his allies.
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The First Court of Control of the state of Carabobo, located west of Caracas, issued “a detention measure against our colleague Nelson Piñero; The reason that was alleged during the hearing is that, in effect, Nelson wrote on Twitter in a critical manner against the national government and against the local government of the state of Carabobo,” said former legislator Delsa Solórzano, founder of Encuentro Ciudadano, in a release.
Agents from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) detained Piñero around midnight on Wednesday when he was at his home.
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The Chavista Prosecutor’s Office has not commented on the case so far.
Agents from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) detained Piñero around midnight on Wednesday when he was at his home.
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“Evidently the exercise of freedom of expression is being condemned here,” said Solórzano, who acknowledged that Piñero’s publications are “quite critical,” but his arrest “attacks freedom of expression.”
“Writing on social networks is not a crime, giving an opinion is not a crime and today a custodial measure has just been issued against a Venezuelan citizen simply for expressing his opinion on social networks,” added the political leader.
The leader of the opposition party Encuentro Ciudadano, Delsa Solórzano, denounced that with this judicial action the Venezuelan dictatorship is violating the exercise of freedom of expression.
Several people have been detained in recent years under the “Law against Hate, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance” that was promulgated in 2017 by decree of the Constituent Assembly, an organization that was made up entirely of allies of Maduro. and that the opposition considered illegitimate.
The Chavista dictatorship requested the creation of this law to put an end to the alleged messages of hate, intolerance and racism allegedly used by the government’s adversaries.
The law contemplates penalties of up to 20 years in prison for those responsible, and establishes fines for those responsible for legal responsibility for social networks and electronic media who do not remove these messages within six hours.
According to the local humanitarian organization Foro Penal, there are 272 political prisoners in Venezuela, 125 civilians and 147 military prisoners. And a total of 135 of them, including some detained for several years, have not been formally convicted.
(With information from The Associated Press)
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