Full Version of the Opinion Piece by Silvana Giudici, President of Fundación LED Published in the Diario Clarin September 6, 2013. The public hearing at the Supreme Court concerning the Media Law was a meaningful input inthe public debate on freedom of expression and the consequences of curtailing it through restrictive regulatory frameworks In that…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) has expressed its concern about the statements made by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who announced he would suggest calling a referendum to do away with print newspapers so as to “stop the indiscriminate felling of trees.” Environmental protection is the excuse used in this new attempt…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) has voiced its concern about the statement made by the country´s National Executive Branch, signed by the Secretary General to the President, Oscar Parrili, in connection with the information broadcasted in Periodismo para Todos (Journalism for Everybody), the program aired on Channel 13. The answer of the Office…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) has once again voiced its concern in connection with Fernando Villavicencio, the author of the book Ecuador Made in China, after Ecuador´s National Court of Justice denied the appeal for reversal of the decision sentencing Villavicencio to 18 month imprisonment in April this year on slander charges against…
Fundación LED (Libertad de Expresión + Democracia) has expressed its deep concern about how freedom of expression is deteriorating in the Republic of Ecuador after a law restricting the exercise of such right in that country. Among other conflicting issues, the law adopted by Ecuador´s National Assembly allows the authorities to regulate content and control…