Wave of repression against journalists after Venezuelan presidential election

A journalist was arrested in Caracas on Sunday. The political crisis following the elections and the questioning of Nicolás Maduro’s re-election. A total of 12 journalists and journalists have been imprisoned since the July 28 elections, including three women.

According to social network reports national union of journalists (SNTP), “National Police take journalist “Carmela Longo” and her son”

SNTP had previously reported on the raid on Longo’s house, insisting agents seized “computer equipment” and released a video in which Longo and his son can be seen entering the house without resisting a patrol car.

The authorities have not yet reported any measures taken against the correspondent. However, the union warned that police officials confirmed that she will be charged with “incitement to hatred” and “terrorism.” According to the report, the file will be submitted to the court on Tuesday.

With the arrest of Longo, a journalist specializing in the entertainment industry, Eight registered journalists or media workers have been arrested in Venezuela following the July 28 election, in which electoral authorities declared Maduro the winner amid opposition complaints of electoral fraud. Among those detained are two journalists with a political bent.

“I registered the arrest with concern Journalist Carmela Longo. “The crackdown on journalism continues,” said Pedro Vaca, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) special rapporteur on freedom of expression, in the X.

Protests following the election results have left 27 people dead and nearly 200 injured. More than 2,400 detainees, Maduro called them “terrorists.”

Longo’s arrest came after the journalist reported last Tuesday that she had been fired from Chavista newspaper El Notícias, where she had worked for nearly two decades.

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan prosecutor’s office summoned a former opposition presidential candidate on Monday. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, The charges against them include “usurpation of functions, falsification of public documents, incitement to violate the law, computer crime, criminal association and conspiracy”.