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Andean Group - September 2014 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS & JUSTICE: Top court upholds contentious media law
Ecuador’s constitutional court has thrown out three separate legal challenges against the communications law approved in June 2013 and ratified by President Rafael Correa in mid-January. On 17 September, the court ruled that the law was entirely constitutional. This was the final court of appeal, meaning that there can be no further challenge to the controversial law, which the private media, supported by opposition politicians and academics, has criticised as a draconian measure specifically designed to restrict criticism of the government by curtailing freedom of expression.
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