Amid Venezuela’s deep political turbulence - and increasing tensions with the U.S. - his lawyer said she is taking the case to foreign courts. “We have asked support to the Venezuelan Penal Forum to denounce [Holt’s case] internationally,” said lawyer Jeannette Prieto. Prieto has enlisted the help of the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a non-governmental organization, to bring the case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). She said she will also report it to the UN’s Human Rights High Commissioner and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. "He is a political hostage,” said Alfredo Romero, director of the Venezuelan Penal Forum.

Source: Fox News February 23, 2017 17:34 UTC