Ecuador: Fear for safety/death threats

Index Number: AMR 28/008/2005
Date Published: 18 April 2005
Categories: Americas, Ecuador

Radio station director Francisco Velasco has received telephone death threats at his home, after he allowed critics of the government to air their views on his station. The authorities have reportedly done nothing to protect him or investigate the threats, and Amnesty International believes that he, his family and staff at the radio station may be in grave danger.