Claim 278

International human-rights bodies said the law was used to interfere with and punish unfavorable coverage.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: International human-rights bodies said the law was used to interfere with and punish unfavorable coverage.
Field: stated_justification
Value: UN and IACHR criticize the law's use
About: incident 2013-ecuador-communications-law-supercom
Source: Ecuador's communications law has sanctioned 675 media outlets and journalists in four years
Publisher: LatAm Journalism Review, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2017-06-25

Quotation from the source

has been used as an instrument to unduly interfere in the content of media outlets and punish them, especially when their coverage is unfavorable or questions the government's actions.