Report to the Midyear Meeting 2008: Ecuador
Inter American Press Association
8 May 2008
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Since the end of July, RSF has recorded at least six cases of attacks on journalists investigating the corruption surrounding the security crisis linked to the rise of organized crime in the country.
“The longer journalists remain in exile, the harder it can be for them to remain in the profession” – CPJ.
Villavicencio, a journalist and former legislator, had a long record of exposing corruption, human rights violations, and abuses by organized crime.