Ecuador: Authorities must safeguard human rights amidst pre-electoral violence

By Amnesty International

In response to the killing yesterday of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “Amnesty International is extremely concerned at the current state of violence in Ecuador, which is facing a sharp increase in its homicide rate as well as a series of killings of candidates for public office in […] The post Ecuador: Authorities must safeguard human rights amidst pre-electoral violence appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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