Ecuador: Abusive Response to Protests

By Human Rights Watch

An army member clashes with a protester during a demonstration against diesel price hikes and other economic measures by Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa’s government, in Quito, Ecuador October 12, 2025. © REUTERS/Karen Toro (Washington, DC) – Ecuadorian police and security forces have restricted freedom of assembly and at times used excessive force in their response to anti-government protests since mid-September, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September 18, the country’s largest Indigenous organization has led protests following President Daniel Noboa’s decision to scrap…

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