- Venezuelans attended the “Great World Protest” inside and outside the country. IPYS documented almost 50 restrictions on communicators so far in 2024. Hezbollah confirmed the death of its top leader | Main photo: @MundoConVzla
This Saturday, September 28, thousands of Venezuelans attended the “Great World Protest” inside and outside the country. For its part, the Mothers in Defense of Truth committee demanded the release of adolescents detained in the post-election context.
In addition to this, the Press and Society Institute (IPYS) documented almost 50 restrictions for communicators so far in 2024. In addition, they reported that several cats appeared dead in Maracay.
The Water Polo Club of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) protested the rental of the pool spaces.
Internationally, the terrorist group Hezbollah confirmed the death of its top leader.
Below are the highlights of Saturday, September 28:
Thousands of Venezuelans inside and outside the country attended on Saturday, September 28, the “Great World Protest” called by opposition leader María Corina Machado.
In Caracas, the calls were held in Los Palos Grandes; In addition, concentrations were recorded in Mérida, Carabobo, Lara, Maturín and Zulia.
Furthermore, the Venezuelans abroad also gathered from Colombia, Argentina, the United States, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Japan, among other countries, to reiterate their support for María Corina Machado and Edmundo González.
The Mothers in Defense of Truth committee demanded on Saturday, September 28, the release of the adolescents detained in the post-electoral context, two months after the presidential elections.
Given this, the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVV) published the difficulties of the relatives of those arrested and how their lives have changed since what they described as arbitrary detentions.
“The mothers of the detained teenagers also feel imprisoned. Now his life is dedicated to insisting on achieving full freedom for those who were arbitrarily apprehended by the security forces of the Venezuelan State. The routine at home stopped, as well as the work rhythm,” reads the OVV publication.
They reported that several cats were found dead on Saturday, September 28, in the vicinity of the Mercado Libre of Maracay, Aragua state.
Journalist Carmen Pecorelli published a video on her social networks in which four lifeless puppies can be seen.
According to Pecorelli, so far this week at least 25 dead cats have been found around the Maracay Free Market.
So far, authorities have not determined whether the case corresponds to poisoning or if there is another reason for the death of the animals.
4. The UCV Water Polo Club protested the rental of the pool spaces
The UCV Water Polo Club protested on Saturday, September 28, against the rental of the pool spaces at the university for the Splash Cup event, due to the refusal of the Sports Directorate to allow the use of the university community.
The competition had been scheduled for more than a month with athletes from Caracas, Miranda and La Guaira, according to information from reporter Román Camacho.
“Relatives of the participants reported that the person who suspended everything then jumped into the water to prevent them from competing and the event from taking place,” Camacho said on social networks.
The Press and Society Institute (IPYS) demanded on Saturday, September 28, that measures be taken to guarantee the right of access to information, as well as protect press workers, regarding the International Day of Universal Access to Information.
The NGO indicated that between January and September of this year it has documented 49 cases of “access restrictions” to communicators to cover events of public interest, 37 of them, it said, during election coverage.
Likewise, he said that the lack of access to truthful and timely information affects the ability of citizens to make informed decisions and compromises transparency and democratic exercise.
The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday, September 28, the death of its leader, Hasan Nasrallah, who Israel claims to have killed the day before in an intense bombardment against the alleged headquarters of the armed movement in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“His Eminence Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, joined his great and immortal martyrs, whose journey he led for almost 30 years, leading them from victory to victory,” the group announced in a statement, without mentioning the circumstances of the death.
Israel claims it killed Nasrallah on Friday afternoon in a bombing raid on the group’s headquarters, reportedly located under residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs known as Dahye.
For its part, Hezbollah has limited itself to announcing Nasrallah’s death in a biographical and condolence statement, without referring to the attack that devastated several residential properties in Dahye.
In The Diary We present you a news summary with the most notable information of the day, which you should know at the national and international level.
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2024-09-30 11:31:41
