Gabriel González

1. Yare Prison
   Dates unknown

Ismael Gabriel González is a Venezuelan journalist. He worked as a journalist for the communications team of the opposition Comando Venezuela Libre and of opposition leader María Corina Machado. González was detained on the eve of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, on 17 June 2024, after participating in the visit of presidential candidate Edmundo González to Maiquetía, and was subsequently charged with the offenses of "incitement to hate" and "criminal association". The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa (National Union of Press Workers) confirmed his release on 14 January 2026, after he had spent one year, six months and 28 days in detention. Amnesty International stated that "the reports of the detentions of Gabriel González, Javier Cisneros (released), Jeancarlos Rivas, Luis López and Juan Iriarte are consistent with the policy of repression that we have denounced for years, and we once again demand its immediate cessation".