Billy Six

On 16 March 2019 it was announced that Six was allowed to leave the country but he is subject to conditions. He must report to the authorities every 15 days and cannot talk to the media about the case.

On 17 November 2018, Billy Six was arrested by the Venezuelan secret service DGCIM at an inn in Villa Marina, a beach town located in Los Taques Municipality, near Punto Fijo, and was detained in the intelligence prison of the SEBIN, "El Helicoide", in Caracas.

On 18 November 2018 he was told that he should be charged with "espionage", "rebellion" and "violation of security zones" before a military court. His family rejects these allegations and say they are without foundation.

Since Thursday, 13 December 2018 Billy Six had gone on a hunger strike.

Six had been working for around a year in Ukraine, covering the conflict and the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) incident. He was interviewed by the BBC in the documentary Conspiracy Files: Who Shot Down MH17 (May 2016).

Billy Six (born 24 December 1986) is a German journalist, documentarian and author. He began his journalist career in local newspapers. In 2011 Six started working as war reporter for German newspaper Junge Freiheit in Egypt. Since then he has covered most conflict ridden parts of the world such as Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Ukraine. While working for Junge Freiheit, he was arrested in Syria by the Syrian army in December 2012. His release was announced by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad and Ambassador of Russia in Damascus in a press conference at March 2013.

Billy Six was born 1986 in East Berlin. He started his career as a business administrator and member in local parliament of Neuenhagen after graduating from high school 2006. He traveled to more than 70 countries.