Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Italian, Swiss journalists released in Venezuela

A Venezuelan journalists association says a court has released three journalists who had been detained while reporting on a prison. They include an Italian and a Swiss citizen. The National Press Workers Union says on its Twitter feed Roberto di Matteo of Italy, Filippo Rossi of Switzerland and Jesus Medina have been released after Sunday’s court hearing. It earlier said it wasn’t sure why they’d been detained. The Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that a Swiss citizen was arrested, but said it couldn’t give more details. Venezuelan officials had made no comment. More…



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