Ecuador: Accused of applauding at protest by govt., man remains in hiding

Posted on March 1, 2016 • Filed under: Conflicts, Crime, Ecuador, Politics

Applauding a Protest in Ecuador Could Land You in Prison

By Gaston Cavanagh/VICE.COM
February 25, 2016
Francisco Endara Daza is hiding because he applauded, though he says he didn’t even do that.

“I am not considering giving myself up because what we have in Ecuador is not justice, just a group of judges acting to please power because they fear for their jobs,” the 35-year-old systems engineer told VICE News in a Skype interview from a secret location. “I don’t accept that I have committed the crime they have attributed to me which they just made up in order to pursue me. It is an act of retaliation for being critical of the government.”

Endara — who also worked as an assistant professor of economics and wrote critical opinion pieces about the government in different media — is avoiding an arrest warrant to serve an 18-month sentence handed down by Ecuador’s highest court for applauding others during a violent protest against President Rafael Correa. Read Article

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