# Ecuador

Government actions against journalists in Ecuador

[RSF 2026 rank: 125th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index). World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF); rank 1 is the freest.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Ecuador is in South America, South America. The record holds 1 incident in which the government of Ecuador, or an official, court or legislature there, limited journalists' ability to report.

## Tactics used

- [Funding and ownership pressure: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=EC&tactic=funding_and_ownership_pressure), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/funding_and_ownership_pressure
- [Insult and defamation laws: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=EC&tactic=insult_and_defamation_laws), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/insult_and_defamation_laws

## Heads of government at the time

- [Rafael Correa: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/rafael-correa)

## Incidents by year

### 2013

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 25, 2013 | [Ecuador's Organic Communication Law creates a regulator that issues hundreds of sanctions against journalists and outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-ecuador-communications-law-supercom) | [Funding and ownership pressure](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/funding_and_ownership_pressure) | Pressure | [Rafael Correa](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/rafael-correa) | Reversed (July 24, 2018) |

Ladders: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders. Timeline: https://thewaronnews.com/timeline/country/ec.

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