Ecuador - Eagerly awaited free speech hearing in Washington, but radio director under travel ban

Reporters without borders

Amid continuing tension between the Ecuadorean government and some of the country's privately-owned media, Reporters Without Borders hopes that solutions will emerge from the hearing on freedom of expression in Ecuador that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is due to hold today in Washington (4.30 pm local). Expectations are all the greater as three Ecuadorean cabinet ministers – foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, justice minister Johana Pesántez and national secretary for (...)

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