Ecuador: Further information on human rights in jeopardy

Index Number: AMR 28/002/1999
Date Published: 18 January 1999
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

Amnesty International is concerned that provisions contained in an official edict, issued in connection with the 60-day state of emergency declared on 7 January 1999 by the Government of Ecuador in the Province of Guayas, could also lead to the detention of persons whom Amnesty International would consider to be prisoners of conscience.