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Communications Law in Ecuador: When Censoring a Cartoon Becomes a Presidential Priority

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Communications Law in Ecuador: When Censoring a Cartoon Becomes a Presidential Priority

Date: 
12:00pm - 2:00pm Wed Mar 5, 2014

Location:
1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
United States

From the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA): "Since his reelection, President Rafael Correa has used a series of laws and decrees to constrain criticism and dissent. In June 2013, the National Assembly passed a restrictive communications law that designates the media as a public service subject to government regulation. Political cartoonist Xavier Bonilla was the first victim of this law following the publication of a cartoon that depicted the house raid of journalist Fernando Villavicencio. President Correa called Bonilla, among other things, “an assassin with ink.” Bonilla was forced to publish a correction, and El Universo paid a large fine. Join the Center for International Media Assistance and the Latin America and Caribbean program at the National Endowment for Democracy for a discussion on the restrictive nature of the communications law in Ecuador."

Featuring:
Xavier Bonilla
Political Cartoonist at El Universo

Martha Roldós
Fundación Mil Hojas

Carlos Lauría
Committee to Protect Journalists

Lunch will be served from 12:00-12:30

See more and register at: http://cima.ned.org/events/upcoming-events/communications-law-ecuador-when-censoring-cartoon-becomes-presidential-priori

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