Polish journalist beaten by Venezuelan police: photos
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A Polish journalist was beaten by Venezuelan police on Thursday night in the capital, Caracas, the country’s press workers union said on Friday, denouncing harassment of reporters by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Tomasz Surdel of Warsaw-based Gazeta Wyborcza was stopped by police officers belonging to a special forces group known as FAES who initially asked to see his documents, the National Union of Press Workers said via Twitter.
The officers then covered Surdel’s face, hit him in the head with a blunt object and threatened him at gunpoint, the union said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-reporter/polish-journalist-beaten-by-venezuelan-police-press-union-idUSKCN1QW2GR?rpc=401&
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Apparently, driving while being a journalist is against the law here. As for FAES, I consider them only a step above the colectivos in that they're semi-legal but equally brutal. Many Venezulean citizens have been disappeared at their hands. Search warrants? We don't need no stinkin' search warrants. What I don't understand though, is that with supermarkets full of food, and government open-air markets practically giving away free shit to anyone and everyone, why the need to bust some journalist's ass?
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Tomasz Surdel, who has been in Venezuela for two months on assignment for Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza daily, said he was grabbed by masked and armed members of the FAES special actions unit of the police in Caracas.
The officers put a bag over his head and started hitting him with blunt objects in the head and ribs, he was cited as saying by the Venezuelan SNTP press union.
"When they finished and removed the bag I saw a pistol barrel in front of my eyes. One of them ordered the gun to be fired in my face. The other one, laughing, pulled the trigger. The gun wasn't loaded," Surdel was quoted saying.
https://www.france24.com/en/20190315-polish-reporter-tells-being-beaten-venezuela-police
Before and after photos of Surdel's face after a Meet & Greet with Jowls Maduro's FAES thugs here:
Link to tweet
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https://elmercurioweb.com/noticias/2019/3/15/faes-rapta-y-golpea-brutalmente-a-periodista-polaco-tomasz-surdel
