Claim 460

A freelance correspondent said having sensitive contacts or information could still result in imprisonment.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: A freelance correspondent said having sensitive contacts or information could still result in imprisonment.
Field: status
Value: Journalists describe ongoing legal risk
About: incident 2024-venezuela-post-election-press-crackdown
Source: For Venezuelan Journalists, It's Like Maduro Never Left
Publisher: Columbia Journalism Review
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-01-15

Quotation from the source

If you have contacts or sensitive information that you're not supposed to have, you could be thrown in jail.