Press advocates protest after Venezuelan journalist is sent to military prison

A Venezuelan journalist who previously fled his country because of threats is now in a military prison facing multiple charges rejected by press freedom advocates. Venezuelan journalist Jesús Medina was sent to the Ramo Verde military prison by a court in the Venezuelan capital. At a hearing on Aug. 31, the 13th Court of Control of Caracas admitted a legal process against Medina over charges of laundering, criminal association, incitement to hatred and obtaining illegal profit against acts of public administration, El Nacional reported. Medina was detained on Aug. 29 by agents of the National Anti-Corruption Police, El Nacional reported. The agents approached Medina at at a subway station in Caracas, as reported by a Peruvian journalist who was with the Venezuelan and witnessed the detention. In a video published by Venezuela's National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish), journalist Juana Avellaneda said that Medina was helping her and a colleague with an investigative report in Caracas. More…