Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas – Columnist in Ecuador cries censorship when paper sits on his critique of local police chief
Date: Nov 4, 2011
Concern about media censorship in Ecuador:
The columnist believed that the decision was based on the owners’ fear of legal reprisals similar to those faced by the newspaper El Universo, whose owners were sentenced to three years in prison and to pay damages amounting to $40 million after publishing an opinion piece critical of President Rafael Correa.
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