A Venezuelan court has sentenced opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez to over 13 years and nine months in prison. Lopez was accused of public incitement to violence and association to commit crimes.
The public prosecutor based its charges on over 700 messages sent via Lopez’s Twitter account around the time of the protests. More than 40 people were killed in Venezuela during the violent barricades and hundreds more were injured last year, in what Lopez called “The Exit”. The violence was aimed at ousting democratically-elected President Nicolas Maduro.
In all his tweets – except for one – prosecutors argued he implicitly promoted violence as well as the lack of recognition of Venezuelan authorities .... http://www.telesurtv.net
