The CNP recalled that Palmar and Cubillán have been detained for 10 months for “just documenting a protest.” The union stated that it is a “cruel” and “surprising” transfer.
The National College of Journalists (CNP) and the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) denounced the transfer of journalist Leandro Palmar and press worker Belises Cubillán to the Tocorón prison, in the state of Aragua, this Saturday, November 1.
According to the family members’ complaint, Palmar and Cubillán were taken along with “nine other people who are part of the judicial case against them and for which they have been detained since January 9, 2025, after covering a post-election demonstration.”
The CNP-Zulia board expressed its “deep pain, rejection and indignation” at the measure and condemned the judicial delay in this case. He assured that they only seek to “criminalize” journalistic work.
“This arrest and subsequent confinement, as well as the transfer to a maximum security prison, constitutes a flagrant violation of constitutional principles and international human rights treaties that protect freedom of expression and the exercise of journalism,” said the statement published on its website.
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The CNP recalled that Palmar and Cubillán have been detained for 10 months for “just documenting a protest.” The union stated that it is a “cruel” and “surprising” transfer. He demanded his full and immediate freedom.
The press workers were arrested by the National Guard on January 9 while covering a peaceful protest in Maracaibo’s Plaza La República.
In its account on the social network
“Neither of the two was allowed private defense in the trial that began for the crimes of terrorism, incitement to hatred, association to commit a crime and disruption of public order,” the union said.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content is being published taking into consideration the threats and limits that have consequently been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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