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Spotlight: Digital Rights Ecuador

Ecuadorean authorities have no reason to detain free software developer Ola Bini

Ecuadorean authorities have no reason to detain free software developer Ola Bini

24 April 2019
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Ecuador should drop all charges against Ola Bini, and allow him to return home to his family and friends. Ecuador's leaders undermine their country's reputation abroad and the independence of its judicial system by this fanciful and unfounded prosecution.

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Death on the Border: The Slain Journalists' Last Days

Almost seven months ago, journalists Javier Ortega, Paul Rivas, and Efrain Segarra were abducted and killed at the border between Ecuador and Colombia. A team of 20 reporters investigated what happened.

‎ Frontera Cautiva ‎24 October 2018

Colombia Impunity Americas Ecuador

Historic alliance between IACHR, Ecuador & Colombia will investigate murder of "El Comercio" journalists

The alliance will seek to prove that impunity will not win, and that it is possible to work “in real time” for justice.

‎ José Peralta for IFEX ‎25 July 2018

Attacks Ecuador Free Expression & the Law

The U-turn: Ecuador's shifting landscape for press freedom

The administration of President Lenín Moreno has dramatically diverged from that of his predecessor, Rafael Correa, who was severely critical of the Ecuadoran press and passed one of the most restrictive media laws in the region.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎14 July 2018

Latest from Ecuador

IFEX-ALC condemns murder of Ecuadorian journalism team

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Impunity Attacks Ecuador 16 April 2018
Colombia and Ecuador must take action for abducted El Comercio journalism team

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Colombia Attacks Ecuador 3 April 2018
Ecuadoran TV journalist receives death threats

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Attacks Ecuador 24 October 2017
Ecuador's Moreno opens new era in relations with media

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Attacks Ecuador 16 October 2017
Ecuador: A free expression lens on Lenin Moreno's first 100 days

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Attacks Ecuador Free Expression & the Law 5 September 2017
Ecuadorian TV journalist receives mail bomb

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks Ecuador 22 February 2017
Life after Correa

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Ecuador 17 February 2017
Ecuadorian journalist charged for distributing emails sent by public officials

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Ecuador 16 November 2016
Ecuador reprimands journalist, TV station for investigative reports

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Ecuador 11 August 2016
Ecuadorian journalists, opposition politicians accused of scheming with CIA

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Attacks Ecuador 10 June 2016
Media outlets and journalists: The other victims of the Ecuador earthquake

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 28 April 2016
Panama Papers: Harassment of journalists in Ecuador and Venezuela must end

‎ Inter American Press Association

Venezuela Ecuador 22 April 2016
How U.S. copyright law is being used to take down Correa's critics in Ecuador

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

United States Ecuador 25 January 2016
Councillor in Ecuador gets jail time for a tweet criticising local mayor

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador Free Expression & the Law 11 January 2016
Government plan to revoke 300 TV and radio licenses gets underway in Ecuador

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 8 January 2016
SECOM attempts to close down Fundamedios website with copyright claim

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 31 December 2015
Police in Ecuador seize TV station's equipment, leaving it off the air

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 29 December 2015
Ecuador threatens free expression by designating communications a public service

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 7 December 2015
Government of Ecuador uses illegally obtained information to attack journalist and Fundamedios

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 1 December 2015
News site in Ecuador receives threats of arson via social networks

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Attacks Ecuador 19 November 2015
Excessive force, sweeping government powers used against protesters

‎ Human Rights Watch

Ecuador 11 November 2015
Ecuador's communications body claims that organizations cannot defend freedom of expression

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 26 October 2015
Ecuador's communications secretariat reverses decision to shut down Fundamedios

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Digital Rights Ecuador Censorship Free Expression & the Law 28 September 2015
Government broadcasts and state media reports add to smear campaign against Fundamedios

‎ Fundamedios - Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study

Ecuador 17 September 2015
Groups condemn Ecuadorian authorities' plan to close local organization Fundamedios

‎ Foundation for Press Freedom - FLIP

Ecuador Censorship 15 September 2015
Ecuador must reverse decision to shut down IFEX member organisation Fundamedios

‎ IFEX

Ecuador Censorship 11 September 2015

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More from Ecuador

The U-turn: Moreno steers Ecuador away from Correa's media repression

Journalists say they will be wary until Moreno fulfills his promises to scale back the Communications Law and scrap the regulator that enforced it.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 14 July 2018
Freedom on the Net 2017: Ecuador

Politically motivated takedown requests for alleged copyright violations targeted online news outlets and the websites of human rights organizations

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Ecuador

Since its establishment under the 2013 Communications Law, Ecuador’s media regulator, known as SUPERCOM, has issued sanctions in more than 300 cases against media outlets.

Freedom House 24 April 2016

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