The annual report of the office of the special rapporteur for freedom of expression in Washington D.C. accused the Correa administration, in over 40 detailed pages, of restricting freedom of expression in Ecuador through the new organic law of communication, and the use of State media to stigmatise NGOs, defenders of human rights and journalists critical of the government. The report criticised the government’s practice of using its legal authority “to issue mandatory messages for purposes of disseminating the pro-government opinion in private media outlets”.
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