# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-venezuela-post-election-press-crackdown)
- Source: For Venezuelan Journalists, It's Like Maduro Never Left. https://www.cjr.org/news/for-venezuelan-journalists-its-like-maduro-never-left.php
- 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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/460. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.