An NGO denounces the detention of a Venezuelan who criticized speeches by a chanting singer

A person detained in Venezuela was criticized in his social speeches by Omar Enrique, known for his sympathy to President Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Saturday at the Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público.

The arrest of the Venezuelan citizen, identified as José Pérez, the hicieron functionaries of the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigation Corps (Cicpc), detailed Espacio Público in a communiqué.

According to the NGO, dedicated to the promotion and defense of freedom of expression, the right to information and social responsibility in the media, Pérez published a video on the social network TikTok on February 28 in which he questioned “the privileges of the hya of cantor Omar Enrique and the nephews of this with the chavismo”.

Through the publication, the song of the singer, María Buitrago, the llama to express his grief and “lo amenazó de muerte”, aggregate the information.

Because Pérez was accused by the family of retrieving the video, he added to Espacio Público, the officials “he detuvieron sin una judicial order”.

The agents of the Cicpc -destaca el comunicado- assure me to Pérez that, by which this access to companions and fue transferred to the seat of this body in the costly locality of Higuerote, close to Caracas.

“It will be much later, the inspector comments on the family that will be transferred to Caracas in urgent need”, subrayó Espacio Público.

After presenting a juez, he was charged with a crime of “audio instigation”, following the Ley Contra el Odio, a norm denounced by numerous organizations defining the freedom of expression and the right to information.

In another hearing, the imputation of defamation and defamation was also heard, the information was concluded.

The singer Omar Enrique was the protagonist of a controversy in 2019, when the Gobierno of Colombia filed the petition to enter the country for a concert at the Carnival of Barranquilla, “by his search with the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro”.

Pocos días después, el Venezolano dictator, Nicolás Maduro, dijo que el mandatario colombiano, Iván Duque, estaba “a la altura de (el dictador chileno Augusto) Pinochet” por haber tomado esa medida.

(With EFE information)

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