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Link to: Army detains journalists, suspends broadcasts by radio station

Army detains journalists, suspends broadcasts by radio station

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 March 2006, members of the Ecuadorian army shut down the Inti Pacha community-based radio station in the town of Cayambe, 60 kilometers north of Quito. The move followed the 21 March declaration of a national state of emergency. The soldiers also detained two of the station’s journalists, William Ramos and Julio […]

Link to: Ecuador signs press freedom declaration

Ecuador signs press freedom declaration

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 15 March 2006 IAPA press release: Ecuador Signs Press Freedom Declaration Miami (March 15, 2006) – The heads of the three branches of government in Ecuador will sign the Declaration of Chapultepec on Sunday during the opening of the first session of the Midyear Meeting of the Inter American […]

Link to: State of emergency declared in three provinces; military detains journalists, media workers, seizes their recordings and photos

State of emergency declared in three provinces; military detains journalists, media workers, seizes their recordings and photos

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 10 March 2006, the head of the Army’s IV Division, General Gonzalo Meza, ordered the detention of all journalists, camera operators and photographers who were covering an assembly of government officials and citizens of the province of Orellana, in eastern Ecuador. The order was issued under the state of emergency decreed in […]

Link to: Another journalist murdered in Guayaquil, the second in 24 hours

Another journalist murdered in Guayaquil, the second in 24 hours

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the murder of freelance photographer Saúl Suárez Sandoval, who contributed to the dailies “La Hora Durandeña” and “La Prensa de Durán”. He was shot dead on 14 February 2006 in Durán, a suburb of Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, 24 hours after the killing in the same city […]

Link to: Radio journalist murdered in Guayaquil; motive likely linked to his profession

Radio journalist murdered in Guayaquil; motive likely linked to his profession

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expressed its dismay at the murder on the night of 13 – 14 February 2006, of José Luis León Desiderio, of Radio Minutera, in Guayaquil, in southwestern Ecuador. The journalist was found dead, with a single gunshot wound to the head, close to his home in the Bastión Popular […]

Link to: President vetoes criminal code amendment under which journalists could have been jailed

President vetoes criminal code amendment under which journalists could have been jailed

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders welcomes President Alfredo Palacio’s decision, announced on 29 December 2005, to veto an amendment of the criminal code that was passed by Congress on 30 November, as one of its articles, which caused a great deal of controversy, would have exposed journalists to the possibility of long prison sentences. Ecuadorean […]

Link to: Broadcast or publication of telephone conversations may net nine-year prison sentence

Broadcast or publication of telephone conversations may net nine-year prison sentence

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the implications for the news media of a criminal law amendment passed by the Ecuadorean congress on 30 November 2005 under which journalists could receive heavy prison sentences for broadcasting or publishing a telephone conversation without the express permission of the participants. “We are aware that […]

Link to: News broadcasts of several radio stations suspended in Sucumbíos and Orellana; military monitoring journalists’ work at Radio Sucumbíos

News broadcasts of several radio stations suspended in Sucumbíos and Orellana; military monitoring journalists’ work at Radio Sucumbíos

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) – Approximately ten radio stations have been forced to suspend news broadcasts in Orellana and Sucumbíos provinces in the Amazon region since 14 August 2005, due to the imposition of a state of emergency. Among them is Radio Sucumbíos, a station well-respected in the area for its investigative journalism and news reporting. All of […]

Link to: Police tap television journalists’ phone calls

Police tap television journalists’ phone calls

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the action of the Ecuadorian police in tapping and recording the phone calls of journalists Milton Pérez and Maria Fernanda Zavala, of local television station Teleamazonas. The journalists have been under surveillance since 20 April 2005, the date of President Lucio Gutiérrez’s overthrow in a popular uprising. “The sole aim […]

Link to: Chilean photographer dies amid political turmoil and violence against news media

Chilean photographer dies amid political turmoil and violence against news media

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the violence against the press that has occurred amid the turmoil of the past few days, which ultimately led to President Lucio Gutiérrez’s overthrow on 20 April 2005. The organisation also deplored the death of Chilean freelance photographer Julio Augusto García during a 19 April demonstration in Quito. “There is […]

Link to: Community radio station’s broadcasts jammed

Community radio station’s broadcasts jammed

(AMARC/IFEX) – The following is joint statement by a coalition of civil society groups, including AMARC: Over the last few days, Radio La Luna, the station that has joined in Quito’s civil disobedience, has been jammed and silenced. For the last six days, the station has opened its airwaves to the public so that they […]

Link to: Bomb blast rocks provincial radio station

Bomb blast rocks provincial radio station

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned a bomb attack on Radio Canela station in the early hours of 4 February 2005 as “a serious press freedom violation.” The organisation urged the authorities to extensively investigate the incident in order to promptly identify and apprehend those responsible. Radio Canela is based in Macas, 240 km southeast of […]

Link to: IAPA welcomes progress on implementation of access to information law

IAPA welcomes progress on implementation of access to information law

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 14 January 2005 IAPA press release: IAPA pleased with regulations for implementation of access to information law in Ecuador Miami (January 14, 2005) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed its pleasure with the recent approval by the Executive Branch in Ecuador of regulations for the implementation […]

Link to: Supreme Court upholds sentence against journalist

Supreme Court upholds sentence against journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 November 2004 CPJ press release: ECUADOR: Supreme Court upholds sentence against journalist New York, November 11, 2004 – Ecuador’s Supreme Court of Justice upheld the conviction of columnist Rodrigo Fierro Benítez on criminal defamation charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists has learned. The Supreme Court then suspended Fierro’s […]

Link to: Radio station faces possible closure

Radio station faces possible closure

(AMARC/IFEX) – The Quito-based FM radio station La Luna, an AMARC associate, faces possible closure by President Lucio Gutiérrez’s government. According to station director Paco Velasco, government officials intend to shut down La Luna. Velasco said the government plans to impose sanctions on the station via the Ecuadorian Broadcasting Association (Asociación Ecuatoriana de Radiodifusión). The […]

Link to: President approves new law on access to information

President approves new law on access to information

(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 13 May 2004 IAPA press release: IAPA Hemispheric Summit Signing of New Law on Access to Information in Ecuador A summary of the Summit is available at http://www.sipiapa.com/summit Miami (May 13, 2004) – The passing of a new law on access to information in Ecuador was received as “positive […]