Allegations against the Ministry of foreign Affairs : advocate of Billy, Six contradicts his client

The Venezuelan lawyer of the journalist, Billy Six, has objected to his clients in his allegations against the Foreign office. He got together with the German Embassy coordinates the departure of Six, said the lawyer Amado Vivas the Argentine weekly newspaper "Perfil". Six had shown after his return from Venezuela is different. He claimed that German diplomats had not protested against his detention and he has not helped.

Six' lawyer was now clear that his client did not want to leave Venezuela. "It was very hard to convince him that the risk was very high," said Vivas. Foreign journalists would be threatened Holt, kidnapped and beaten. "We were worried that no second Chance [for a departure, editor's note. d. Red.] the result would be and that he is taking a big risk," said the lawyer to "Perfil".

Six, I first want to meet with Venezuelan friends, Vivas. Therefore, the Journalist had taken the first possible flight on Friday. "Fortunately, he had no documents or his passport to move around freely," said Vivas. As a result, the lawyer was able to coordinate together with the German Embassy, his departure.

Six has lived up to his departure in the message. Employees of the Embassy had organized a temporary ID papers and him to the airport. "The departure of Billy, Six had elements of a Thriller," says Vivas. "As we were able to free him, he didn't want to go. As he accepted the departure, there was no flight."

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Four prison visits by diplomats

Six himself had proclaimed that he did not even get food for the departure to Germany. order "You wanted me to die," said the Journalist. Also, the Federal Foreign office contradicts his information. "The German Embassy has used from the beginning for Billy Six's release and it engst care possible". a spokeswoman said.

Overall, there have been four prison visits – one of them from the previous German Ambassador, Daniel Kriener. This had been protested in November, when the Venezuelan foreign Ministry against the arrest, said the spokeswoman.

FDP deputies criticized AfD

The FDP member of Parliament and Chairman of the Bundestag Committee for human rights and humanitarian aid, Gyde Jensen, expressed himself indignant over Six' accusations. "A politically-motivated imprisonment in any country of the world is unacceptable, regardless of political affiliation, or nationality." It is right, therefore, that the Federal government had always insisted on education in the fairness of the proceedings, an improvement of the medical supply Billy, Six have achieved, the necessary legal assistance have passed, and finally, with success, an immediate release. Six claim, the Federal government had him in Venezuela do not help, be a joke.

The AfD, which had asked the Bundestag debate on the case, she said: "It is perfidious, that the AfD claims that otherwise no one would have used for the release of Billy, Six." Human rights are there to individual cases for their own Propaganda, and then to give other cases of imprisoned journalists and opposition is not a word. "Who is this fascist logic, in this house, must be clearly rejected," says Jensen.

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Six writes for right-wing conservative media, such as the "Young freedom". He sat for four months in a Venezuelan prison. To him, Rebellion, espionage, and the injured of safety is accused of zones. The process runs according to the information his attorney before a civil court in Caracas. Six reported since 2017 from the Region. In addition to the "Young freedom", he writes, the "Deutschland" magazine, which is published by the radical right club, "German Conservatives". This had sent him, according to reporters without borders to Venezuela. At the request of the AfD, there was on Thursday a parliamentary debate on his case.