Editorial: Ecuador’s Assault on Free Speech

International Herald Tribune Wednesday 22nd February, 2012

the court upheld a $42 million criminal libel judgment against Emilio Palacio, El Universo’s editorial page editor, and three of the paper’s directors. The ruling also ratified three-year prison sentences for all of the men.

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